EVEN THOUGH THE AVERAGE POP SONG IS
ONLY ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MINUTES LONG
I KNOW THEY’LL OUTLAST YOU AND ME, YOU KNOW
HEY YA AND HEY JUDE ARE AS FRESH AS THEY’VE EVER BEEN
AND IT SEEMS TO ME, WE OWE IT ALL
TO LEADBELLY AND THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA
THOSE CHORDS STILL RING TODAY
WE’VE GOT THE BLUES AND THAT’S WHY WE PLAY
CERTAIN SONGS THAT GOT SCRATCHED INTO OUR SOULS SO DEEP
THAT IF YOU DROPPED A NEEDLE THEY’D PLAY OUR HEARTS IN HIGH FIDELITY
AND IF YOU THINK THAT VINYL’S WARM, THEN WAIT ‘TIL YOU HEAR THE SOUND
OF HEARTSTRINGS PLUCKING MELODIES BY JAMES BROWN
AND YOU KNOW THE FEELING WHEN THE BEAT DROPS
LIKE WE ALL MIGHT NOT BE SO LOST
WE’LL JUST TETHER OUR HEARTS TO THE BASS DRUM
AND WE’LL MOVE LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE MOVED ALL ALONG
SO JUST SING ME A SONG
SO SING TO ME - ITS ALL I’LL EVER NEED
IT DON’T MATTER IF YOU’RE A BIT OFF KEY
ITS ALWAYS GONNA SOUND PERFECT TO ME
AS I DRIVE WITH AN OPEN WINDOW
MY HEART KEEPS PREDICTIN’ THE RADIO
AND THE TIMES THAT I BELIEVED THE LIE
WHAT SONG COMES ON BUT AMERICAN FUCKIN’ PIE
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