Lonesome Country Blues #13
Dan Jordan
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"I was walking through the snow one night Walking from bar to bar And this is, a song About that night Or at least, what I can recall of it" I fumbled my way through Nocturne serenades, it was the Middle of winter, one of the coldest winters that I can recall As I stumbled on by, I thought I was doing These old songs justice Though I was half cut by this point and searching For my next haul Now the funny thing is The songs that I was singing, well they Helped me, on my Way And I thought to myself, Now wouldn't it be Something, If I could write a song Just like the Ones That my Dad used to Play Now I was born in the country, I grew up in the country and I've lived through hardships But nothing that the next man hasn't Seen Now I tried to remember what those old Country songs were about Those ones that just needed a good guitar To guide them on in And I'm not gonna try and tell you What a country song is All I'm saying Is write what you know So I started piecing together these words Hoping the tune would follow whilst I Battled Through the Snow I finally found a place to drink The door was an effort So I used both hands, as the cold and the drink had Made me weak Logs were burning on the fire But the light was low/ Sounds clichéd when I sing it now Still I was thankful to let my body Succumb to the heat I must have ordered me a whisky, cause that's what I Drank at the time, neat with ice People say you're not meant to drink whisky with ice But I don't know why And as I sat on down I kept myself to myself and Waited for my Boots to Dry There was a piano in the corner, looked as if it hadn't been Played for a while More for decoration now Than for to try This place was quiet and seemed Wasted and tired, but while I was There my throat was never Dry And the walls they rattled as the Trains went past, this place was Built by a railroad - like in many of them old Towns/Songs they are And it was such a mismatched room There were records on the wall And postcards which were Pinned up Behind the Bar I knew I wanted to finish this here song I mean I had gotten this far So I asked the young man serving if he had A pen You see, though ink is pale And paper dulls it was still Sharper than my mind was Then Even the devil ain't immune To the charms of a good song So I was in good company That night Yes I was happy enough to be sat There in the dust and watch desperate Flames Flicker and Fight Now I was fed up of writing Songs about love Love was as cruel as Life was harsh And I couldn't bear to sing Another sad song About all the folks that I had Lost I had my fill of songs about Crooks and sinners and Stories of those who govern and Mislead So I figured that this was As good a time as any to write one of them Country songs for my Dad Instead So I put away another drink I forget how many I had and I Tried to write, which was easier said than Done And as I stooped over these Old torn pages just like a drunk Trying to write This song I thought, shall I sing about Working class heroes or about some sweet Girl, walking on home in her Summer dress Or about how travelling men say it's the Millage and not the years but then how Is it that they Still know Less? Dad he used to listen to them Lonesome country blues And his dad used to listen to them too, ooo ooo ooo What goes around must come around But there ain't no songs like that today, so Here's a song that I'm dusting off for you Dad he used to listen to them Lonesome country blues And his dad used to listen to them too, ooo ooo ooo What goes around must come around But there ain't no songs like that right now, so Here's a song that I'm dusting off for you
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