Play That Country Music
by Jeffrey Gutcheon / Shady Mt. Music / ASCAP I used to live in Texas, I used to sing the blues
I fell in love with an Indian girl, I didn't wear my shoes
But they don't pay cash to hear the blues in the country western bars
And they don't on 42nd Street and I bet they don't on Mars, now . . . I play that country music
I play a country part
But deep inside the blues is in my heart Up in New York City my friends would call me Tex
They loved to hear me play and sing but they wouldn't cash my checks
Always treated me just like a boy from out of town
When I got that call from Tennessee the Indian and me went right on down Now I live in Nashville, comb my hair down cross my eyes
I got a phoney longhorn pin to hold my black string ties
Yes, I'm down in Johnny Cashville with a banjo on my knee
Makin' jokes 'bout the colored folks and I know the joke's on me, and . . . I play that country music
I play a country part
But deep inside the blues is in my heart
Deep inside the blues is in my heart
From Hungry Chuck - Bearsville LP 2071 | 