Composer:  Nappy Martin    (click to list other tunes) Copyright:  Copyright ©2006 Submitted by:  Nappy Martin Posted:  12/19/2007; 6:13:57 PM Msg#:  5379 (top msg in thread) Prev/Next:  5378/5380 Reads:  467

a single generation... tradition doesn’t make

but now and then creation... gives the genes a little shake

 my papa's high position... left mom to tend the fold

which begs for inquisition... ‘bout the music in my soul

the rockers call it country... the cowboys call it folk

while the minstrels say it’s funky... which keeps me free and broke

a lett is not a russian... a lapp is not a finn

and christ was not a christian... till the gen-tiles want-ed in

ev‘rybody wants a piece of salvation

and they can’t just let the whole kingdom come

the listeners grow impatient... the laughers grab the scene

and critics trash in silence... what in truth they can’t demean

while passively pretending... to honor their elite

it’s all that i can do...  to keep my rhythm in my feet

the rockers call it country... the cowboys call it folk

while the minstrels say it’s funky... forgive me, where’s the joke

a lett is not a russian... a lapp is not a finn

and christ was not a christian... till the gen-tiles want-ed in

ev‘rybody wants a piece of salvation

and they can’t just let the whole kingdom come

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