Making Music
Alistair what are you up to now? With all that singing noise in the shower you’ll upset the neighbours. I’m composing a song Nora, it is a Country & Western song. It seems to me Nora that all the Country songs contain topics about, serious illness, love, pet dogs, trains, Beer & Whiskey, jealousy, broken guitars, affairs, kids and gambling. They all seem to have sad endings, so Nora I have decided I would try and compose my own song. Only this time in reverse so we have a happy ending and the cowboy gets his girl back, his dog back and his guitar back.
Putting Things Right
My mum just got cured from cancer the other day
I knew that God was listening to me when I did pray
Young Jimmy Boy who got shot in war
Just threw his wheelchair out the door
Good bye he yelled to this old chair
He is running around his ranch chasing cattle without a care
Chorus
Sing my song backwards it’s quite alright
Singing my song forward makes us feel like shite
I’m singing my song to putting things right
I’m working my gold mine out here in the cold
Not looking for love but to find me some gold
Sally is in the log cabin freezing off her big butt
As I swallow another beer and grow a fat gut
I do wish she was miles away
I could write her a love letter each day
At least I would have some peace out here
While I drink my whiskey and beer
Chorus
Sing my song backwards it’s quite alright
Singing my song forward makes us feel like shite
I’m singing my song to putting things right
My guitar got fixed and my playing hand is all good
Why can’t I sing and play like I should
Sally is back in my arms again one more time
The man she ran off with was broke and hadn’t got a dime
As I watch my Sally come back in our front gate
I guess the booze clinic can wait
Chorus
Sing my song backwards it’s quite alright
Singing my song forward makes us feel like shite
I’m singing my song to putting things right
I wait on the platform for my train this day
I hope it is one of those trains that come from Santé Fe
Rex who was missing for a year
That dog drove me to give up my love of beer
The cards that I was dealt in this life are so fair
As my bald head has grown back my hair
Chorus
Sing my song backwards it’s quite alright
Singing my song forward makes us feel like shite
I’m singing my song to putting things right
I would suggest you stay with the day job Alistair, replied Nora
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