I’ve been writing new lyrics to a country song. At this point, it’s just words although I’ve been toying with a melody in my head. The song takes me back to my youth and my Hoosier roots back in Northern Indiana “When…” as Randy Travis once sang in his “Storms of Life” song, “Love was just a country girl, who lived on down the road.” In any case, I’d be delighted to hear what you think!
A Cool Swig of Water He was whiskey on the rocks or a Thermos of iced tea He was four on the floor to his fishin' hole He was John Deere, a back forty, and an ATV He was Salt of the Earth; someone Mama could trust! He was tractor and trailer, and gravel and dust CHORUS He wore boots and flannel with a farmer’s tan He was a cool swig of water, and he was my KIND OF MAN But he was like a worn-thin tire on a beat-up truck Down to his very last leg with luck Barstools kept him a sitting duck With Wild Turkey, and WILDER women… He was summer and hay bales, and sweet and salty sweat He was a pitchfork to the heart and a night I can’t forget He was a dash of remorse, mixed with a pound of regret Drove me crazy with that bandanna tied around his neck CHORUS He wore boots and flannel with his farmer’s tan He was a cool swig of water, and he was my KIND OF MAN But he was like a worn-thin tire on a beat-up truck Down to his very last leg with luck Barstools kept him a sitting duck With Wild Turkey, and WILDER women… He wore a ten-gallon hat on his tall, broad frame He was a cool swig of water and MY KIND OF MAN! He drank whiskey on the rocks or a Thermos of iced tea He was four on the floor with a Beagle on his knee He was backhoe and Bobcat, THE RIGHT MAN FOR ME. CHORUS He was boots and leather with a farmer’s tan He was a cool swig of water and MY KIND OF MAN But he was like a worn-thin tire on a beat-up truck I was looking for love, he was looking for a good (5 second pause) luck Man oh Man, he was my sitting duck Slide across the bar, Mister-Part-of-My-Plan Mister Cool Swig of Water Mister-MY-KIND-OF-MAN!
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