OLD COUNTRY, COUNTRY

 

MARCUS HUMMON/JEFF HANNAH

 

Back in ireland to trace my people

i came upon a tombstone with my name

as i lay down my rose

i knew i was not alone

red hair and green eyes were watchin' me

she took me to her house and played her music

sitting by the fire i took her in

she was playin' soft and low

i heard an echo in my soul

like something i had left here a long time ago

 

CHORUS: (she was)

old country, country

fiddle and a fife

songs about love, songs about life

like the blood in my veins

thunder in the meadow

lightning on the plains

 

she took me by the hand to see the great churches

and the taverns where the old men sit and lie

and it warmed me to my bones

like a photograph of home

that somethings are the same

wherever you go

 

CHORUS: (she was)

old country, country

fiddle and a fife

songs about love, songs about life

like the blood in my veins

thunder in the meadow

lightning on the plains

 

came the day i had to go

(i said) i will take you with me wherever i go

 

 

CAREERS-BMG MUSIC PUBLISHING,INC./FLOYD'S DREAM MUSIC(BMI)/

JEFF DIGGS MUSIC,ADMIN. BY BUG MUSIC(BMI)

 

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