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nancy cunningham land bill white - Songwriter Heaven

from The Rhizome by Bill White and Friends

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it was a typical sunday
at the shakerag general store
i sang a buttload of songs
then another buttload more
a circle pf pickers
were backing me up
then along came jones
saying, "sorry to interupt"

but that song you are playing
used to be a country song
you got the words right
but your singing it wrong
then he took the guitar
right out of my hands
and when he started to sing
i knew id lost my band

so i got in my pinto
and headed back to atoka
the radio was playing
some old hokey polka
i reached under my seat
popped open a corrs
and the next thing i knew
i was flung out the door

i must have hit a opossum
or a hole in the road
i flew through the air
to the ground i was throwed
my whole world went black
it was the end of the session
when i opened my eyes
i was in songwriters heaven

there was jerry jeff walker
george jones and john prine
cole porter and gershwin
bacharach and sondheim

mia zapata and dory previn
and lefty frizzell
townes and tim hardin
laura nyro and thom bell

but with all these songwriters
something was wrong
nobody was singing
there was nary a song

so i took a deep breath
and sang mama tried
then merle haggard cut loose
with jenny take a ride

mitch ryder started vamping
on blueberry hill
fats domino was dancing
buddy holly stood still

then sang pancho and lefty
george jones sang along
soon everyone was singing
somebody elses song

guy clark sang bad girls
then donna summer sang
hanging around the water tank
waiting for a train

then i heard a voice on the radio
and i opened up my eyes
i was in a ditch off 51
lucky to be alive

i guess of all my seven lives
i just used number seven
next time it will not be a dream
ill be in songwriter heaven

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from The Rhizome, released March 18, 2023
music and performance nancy cunningham
lyrics bill white

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