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Lyrics
1.
LET THERE BE COUNTRY
(Shel Silverstein - Johnny Cash)
« © '76 House Of Cash, BMI / Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »
Tom T Hall is forty now and so is Bobby Bare
Willie Nelson's gettin' grey and Faron Young don't care
But the young ones keep on coming on the old are slow to go
Let there be country and let the country grow
Let there be country let the music roll along
Let there be country and let me share the song
No one picks like Bill Monroe and don't George Jones sing great
I can tell that the people care by the people at my gate
Webb Pierce invites the tourists in and Ray keeps them away
Let there be country and let the country play
Let there be country...
Ernest Tubb's got all of the soul he's had for all these years
Porter Wagoner's recitation still bring me to tears
And when they do play Kitty Wells you know she's still the Queen
Let there be country and keep the country green
Let there be country...
Little Jimmy Dickens still sends shivers through the crowd
Mother Maybelle whispers now but the heart comes through real loud
Gene Autry don't sing no more good old Tex Ritter's gone
And somewhere downtown Nashville a young man just got off the bus
With a guitar in his hands a pocket full of songs
A lot of talent and a heart full of hope
And he's gonna be the next big country star and the country wheels roll on
Let there be country...
Let there be country...
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2.
ONE PIECE AT A TIME
(Wayne Kemp)
« © '76 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Well I left Kentucky back in '49
And went to Detroit workin' on assembly line
The first year they had me puttin' wheels on Cadillacs
Every day I'd watch them beauties roll by
And sometimes I'd hang my head and cry
Cause I always wanted me one that was long and black
One day I devised myself a plan
That should be the envy of most any man
I'd sneak it out of there in a lunchbox in my hand
Now gettin' caught meant gettin' fired
But I figured I'd have it all by the time I retired
I'd have me a car worth at least a hundred grand
I'd get it one piece at a time and it wouldn't cost me a dime
You'll know it's me when I come through your town
I'm gonna ride around in style I'm gonna drive everybody wild
Cause I'll have the only one there is around
So the very next day when I punched in
With my big lunchbox and the help of a friend
I left that day with the lunchbox full of gears
I've never considered myself a thief
But GM wouldn't miss just one little piece
Especially if I strung it out over several years
The first day I got me a fuel pump
And the next day I got me an engine and a trump
Then I got me a transmission and all the chrome
The little things I could get in my big lunchbox
Like nuts and bolts and four shocks
But the big stuff we snuck out in my buddy's mobile home
Now up to now my plan went alright
Till we tried to put it altogether one night
And that's when we noticed that something was definitelly wrong
The transmission was a '53
And the motor turned out to be a '73
And when we tried to put in the bolts all the holes were gone
So we drilled it out so that it would fit
And with a little bit of help from an adopter kit
We had that engine runnin' just like a song
Now the headlights they was another sight
We had two on the left and one on the right
But when we pulled out the switch all three of 'em come on
The back end looked kinda funny too
But we put it together and when we got through
Well that's when we noticed that we only had one tailfin
About that time my wife walked out
And I could see in her eyes that she had her doubts
But she opened the door and said honey take me for a spin
So we drove uptown just to get the tax
And I headed to right on down main drag
I could hear everybody laughin' for blocks around
But up there at the courthouse they didn't laugh
Cause to type it up it took the whole staff
And when they got through the title weighed sixty pounds
I got it one piece at a time...
Oh yeah Red Rider this is the Cotton Mouth in this psychobilly Cadillac come on
Oh now this is the Cotton Mouth and negatory
On the cost of this machine there Red Rider
You might say I went right up to the factory and picked it up it's cheaper that
way
Oh what model is it
Well it's a 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 automobile
It's a 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 automobile
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3.
IN A YOUNG GIRL'S MIND
(Hoyt Axton - Mark Dawson)
« © '74 Irving Music, BMI »
Hand me my guitar there's a song that I was singing
Back when I was young and I had a good time
Looking for love in the misty waters of the seas that roll in a young girl's
mind
Only in shadows and lonely at night she turns to you softly you turn on the
light
You use her abuse her and you know it ain't right to treat one who loves you so
badly
When she's doing the best that she can you know she's doing the best that she
can
Do you believe in dreams do you believe in dreamers
Hoping that you'll find what you're looking for
You don't have to worry cause there's a bright tomorrow
In the dreams that roll in a young girl's mind
Only in shadows...
So hand me my guitar...
Of the seas that roll in a young girl's mind
**********
4.
MOUNTAIN LADY
(Johnny Cash)
« © '76 Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »
Mountain lady do you sit on your front porch in the cool of the day
Mountain lady did you think your kids would ever come back to stay
Mountain lady does the columbine still twine around your door
And did you ever get a rug
To cover the cracks where my diaper drug on your wooden floor
Oh you Appalachian lady once I was your little baby
And you rocked me in your homemade rockin' chair
Since I heard the wild goose callin' I have done a lot of fallin'
Mountain lady someday I'll come to you there
[ ac.guitar ]
Mountain lady does the country church bell ring on Sunday morn
Mountain lady do you still wear that old apron ragged and torn
Mountain lady on winter nights before our old fireplace
As you look into the flame do you ever call my name and do you see my face
Oh you Appalachian lady...
Mountain lady
**********
5.
MICHIGAN CITY HOWDY DO
(Johnny Cash)
« © '76 Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »
Well Johnson Van Dyke Grigsby was paroled in '89
He never walked on a carpet never tasted dinner wine
His old eyes were slowly fadin' as he walked out of the gate
And he breathed the first free air he'd breathed since 19-0-8
Howdy do Michigan City you're sure pretty sight
But I know there's bigger citties and more excitin' nights
But I think your girls're pretty and I love your children too
Michigan City Indiana howdy do Michigan City Indiana howdy do
Michigan City Indiana howdy do
[ guitar ]
Filled with the joy of freedom he didn't know that he was old
Cause time don't really matter when it's bubblin' in your soul
Well I don't think he was bitter cause he sure had a smile
And down the streets of Michigan City he walked his first free miles
Howdy do Michigan City....
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6.
SOLD OUT OF FLAGPOLES
(Johnny Cash)
« © '76 Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »
I walked down past the courthouse square three blocks or maybe four
Run into my old friend there who runs a handy hardware store
I said mornin' Lon what's the good word
He said Abraham Lincoln Lone Ranger Mickey Mouse and I'm sold out of flagpoles
I popped the top off a soda pop laid a quarter on the bar
I said inflation is a dirty dog my payday sure ain't goin' far
Liberty said Lonnie E Pluribus Uni in God we trust and I'm sold out of flagpoles
I said hey Lonnie did you see Evel Knievel jumpin' on TV
Jumped 13 buses with his machine reckon he could jump 14
No doubt said Lonnie winners keep on winnin'
Even losers win sometimes and I'm sold out of flagpoles
[ harmonica ]
Ain't this been a year I said for frost and blight and flood and drought
Twice as many tornados reckon it's all caused by fallout
No it's the season said Lonnie they change
Wind's gonna blow always did and I'm sold out of flagpoles
Hey what d'you think about the sheriff's daughter
Runnin' off with the preacher's son
The sheriff's wife had to hold him back from goin' after them with his gun
Boys and girls said Lonnie will get together
Everything's normal and I'm sold out of flagpoles
And I'm sold out of flagpoles sold out of flagpoles sold out of flagpoles
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7.
COMMITTED TO PARKVIEW
(Johnny Cash)
« © '76 Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »
There's a man across the hall who sits starin' at the floor
And he thinks he's Hank Williams hear his singin' through the door
There's a girl in 2-0-2 who stops by to visit me
And she talks about her songs and the star that she should be
There's a lot of real fine talent stayin' in or passin' through
And for one thing or another they're committed to parkview
There's a girl in 2-0-7 comin' down on Thorozene
And a superstar exdrummer tryin' to pick benzedrine
There's a real fine country singer who has tried and tried and tried
They just brought him in this morning an attempted suicide
There are those who never made it those who did and now are through
Some came of their own good choosin' some committed to parkview
[ guitar ]
There's a girl who cries above me loud enough to wake the dead
They don't know what she has taken that has scrambled up her head
There's a boy just down below me who's the son of some well known
He was brought in by his mother cause his daddy's always gone
There's a bum from down on Broadway and a few quite well-to-do
Who have withdrawn from the rat race and committed to parkview
They wake me about 6:30 just before the morning meal
While they're takin' my blood pressure they ask me how I feel
And I always say fantastic there ain't nothing wrong with me
And then they give me my injection and I go right back to sleep
And my days're kinda foggy and my nights're dreamy too
For they're taking good care of me while committed to parkview
**********
8.
DAUGHTER OF A RAILROAD MAN
(Johnny Cash)
« © '76 Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »
Leaving in a cloud of burning cinders cinders from a fire of love gone out
Never looking back when she's highbolling
She's the daughter of a railroam man no doubt
Waking in a new bed every morning breaking in a new heart every night
Up and running while the world is sleeping
She's the daughter of a railroam man alright
She is long and sleek and made for moving she's outward bound at any time she
can
She won't be staying long in any station she's the daughter of a railroam man
[ guitar ]
Cries out in the night when she gets lonely you can bet she won't be lonely long
On down the line someone waits her arrival and the daughter of a railroad man is
gone
She is long and sleek...
**********
9.
LOVE HAS LOST AGAIN
(Johnny Cash)
« © '76 Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »
I guess we're over and it's all been said before
But I still want you though there's no reason anymore
I can't remember when you and I began
It makes no difference cause love has lost again
[ ac.guitar ]
If there's a reason we forgot it long ago
And if there's an answer it's one I'll never know
The price of giving I just don't understand but it's collected and love has lost
again
[ ac.guitar ]
All that's left now is the closing of the door
It sounds so final but I don't listen anymore
It's not the last time that I'll break instead of bend
But for the moment love has lost again
It's not the last time...
**********
10.
GO ON BLUES
(Johnny Cash)
« © '76 Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »
Go on blues go on lonesome get your dark clouds off of me
Go on blues go on troubles turn loose of me set me free
I've been down through that valley with you
Now I've found me somebody who loves me too
Go on blues go away from me go on by me go on blues
[ guitar + piano ]
I've been down through...
Yeah go on blues go on by me get away from me go on blues
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