Riley Green - I Wish Grandpas Never Died Lyrics

Riley Green Lyrics

"I Wish Grandpas Never Died"

I wish girls you love never gave back diamond rings
I wish every porch had a swing
Wish kids still learn to say "sir" and "ma'am"
How to shake a hand
I wish every state had a Birmingham

I wish everybody knew all the words to Mama Tried
I wish Monday mornings felt just like Friday nights

And I wish even cars had truck beds
And every road was named Copperhead
And coolers never ran out of cold Bud Light
And I wish high school home teams never lost
And back road drinking kids never got caught
I wish the price of gas was low and cotton was high
I wish honkytonks didn't have no closing time
And I wish grandpas never died

I wish Sundays on a creek bank would never end
Wish I could learn to drive again
I wish the first time, seventeen, she was my everything
Kiss in a Chevrolet could happen every day

I wish everybody overseas was gonna make it home
I wish Country music still got played on Country radio

And I wish even cars had truck beds
And every road was named Copperhead
And coolers never run out of cold Bud Light
And I wish high school home teams never lost
And back road drinking kids never got caught
I wish the price of gas was low and cotton was high
I wish honkytonks didn't have no closing time
And I wish grandpas never died
Never died

And I wish good dogs never got grey and old
I wish farms never got sold

And I wish even cars had truck beds
And every road was named Copperhead
And coolers never run out of cold Bud Light
I wish high school home teams never lost
And back road drinking kids never got caught
I wish the price of gas was low and cotton was high
I wish honkytonks didn't have no closing time
And I wish grandpas never died
I wish grandpas never died

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Writer(s): Riley Green, Buford Green, Lendon Bonds

'I Wish Grandpas Never Died' was being performed live by Riley Green several months before its official release on the 2nd of August 2019.

Merle Haggard's song 'Mama Tried' (1968) is mentioned in these lyrics. Green told Taste of Country, "My granddaddy Buford was the country guy. He was really into like Merle Haggard, Roy Acuff, Hank Williams and ... that was what I learned to sing and play. I never sang when I played guitar until my granddaddy started pushing me, and me and him would sit around, and he'd fiddle on the harmonica a little bit. That was where I got my traditional roots."