First Family 
Rich Mullins


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My folks they were always the first family to arrive 
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With seven people jammed into a car that seated five 
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There was one bathroom to bathe and shave in, six of us stood in line 
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And hot water for only three but we all did just fine 
 
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Talk about your miracles, talk about your faith 
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My dad he could make things grow out of Indiana clay 
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Mom could make a gourmet meal out of just cornbread and beans 
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And they worked to give faith hands and feet 
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And somehow gave it wings 
 
I can still hear my dad cussin', he's working late out in the barn 
The spring planting's a coming and the tractors just won't run 
Mom she's done the laundry, I can see it waving on the line 
Now they've stayed together through the pain, the strain of those times 
 
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   And now they've raised five children, one winter they lost a son 
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But the pain didn't leave them crippled 
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And the scars have made them strong 
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Never picture perfect, just a plain man and his wife 
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Who somehow knew the value of hard work, good love, and real life 
 
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