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Backstory:

I wrote this song after reading a newspaper story about a black man named Grant Cushinberry who lived in Topeka, Kansas and had a second hand store. He spent his entire life in the service of others, and I felt like he needed to be remembered. The lyrics are factual and taken from his life. This is the country mix of the song.

Lyrics:

                                                  
At the Eventide Convalescent Center - every third Saturday 
Dad and I would go eat dinner - with aunt Opal who was eighty-eight
I was pickin’ at my food when an old black man - sat down at the table by me 
He looked me in the eye and said, “How do you do, - my name’s Cushinberry.”

Said I was born in an all black town in Kansas - called Nickodemus
In World War II was an Army medic - then settled in Topeka 
I was fortunate to have a good momma and dad - who taught me all about God’s grace
The same way son that yours have - or you wouldn’t be here today

 		You can always find someone that’s got it worse - help ‘em if you can
 		God put us on this earth - to help our fellow man
 		If you go out of your way to help somebody - you’re returned the favor 
 		Cause the time we spends just payin’ rent - for God’s little half acre

He said for years I gave away food and cloths – had a Christian Mission store
Had a sign that read “for the needy, not the greedy” - that hung above the door
I like to think I gave hope and dreams - to folks who didn’t have any
But son I saw things that just shouldn’t be - here in the land of plenty

		You can always find someone that’s got it worse - help ‘em if you can
 		God put us on this earth - to help our fellow man
 		If you go out of your way to help somebody - you’re returned the favor 
 		Cause the time we spends just payin’ rent - for God’s little half acre

 		Three weeks passed, I went back, they told me he had died 
 		Mumblin’ somethin’ about a little piece of ground – waitin’ on the other side

 		You can always find someone that’s got it worse - help ‘em if you can
 		God put us on this earth - to help our fellow man 
 		If you go out of your way to help somebody - you’re returned the favor 
 		Cause the time we spends just payin’ rent - to this day I think of him
 		Visitin’ with all  his friends - on God’s little half acre