I CRIED ALL THE WAY TO KENTUCKY (Alecia Nugent)
By: Dixie Hall (BMI)
Tom T. Hall (BMI)

VERSE 1: WHEN I GOT THE WORD THAT OUR UNCLE JOE DIED
I DID WHAT WE ALL DID I SAT DOWN AND CRIED
GOT INTO MY CAR, HEADED HOME FOR THE HILLS
BACK TO KENTUCKY WHERE THE FUNERAL WAS HELD

CHORUS: I CRIED ALL THE WAY TO KENTUCKY
HIS MEMORY SO SWEET TO RECALL
UNCLE JOE LIVED SUCH A GOOD LIFE
LOVED AND RESPECTED BY ALL
HIS JOKES WERE THE TALK OF THE COUNTY
HE KNEW HOW TO MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH
I CRIED ALL THE WAY TO KENTUCKY
AND THEN I SMILED ALL THE WAY BACK

VERSE 2: THE PREACHER SAID JOE WAS A WONDERFUL GUY
AND GOD HAS A PROJECT FOR HIM IN THE SKY
HIS STORIES ARE BRINGING THE ANGELS A SMILE
TO TURN INTO MEMORIES TO CHEER US A WHILE

VERSE 3: JOE ONCE BROUGHT A SKUNK INTO SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS
THAT EVEN MADE GROUCHY OLE DEACON JONES LAUGH
HE SAID IT'S BEEN FIXED AND IT SMELLS LIKE A ROSE
ALL YOU GOOD CHRISTIANS TURN LOOSE OF YOUR NOSE

VERSE 4: THAT HALLOWEEN NIGHT NO ONE MEANT ANY HARM
WHEN THE OUTHOUSE WAS PERCHED UP ON GRANDPA'S OLD BARN
I THINK OF THOSE THINGS AS I TELL JOE GOODBYE
A SMILE ON MY LIPS AND A TEAR IN MY EYE