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Some Country (c) 2010, BMI

Some Country

By John Allen Latta © 2010

 

Friday night after supper I head out to the barn

Sip a little Jim Beam and turn the radio on

I know my baby’s coming and it won’t be long

Until she busts through them doors and sings


Give me some country
A big ol' roll in the hay

Some country, played the old fashioned way

Some country, that makes the teardrops fall

Honey, just give me some country

 

Every Saturday morning when the chores are done

We hold hands on the porch, watch the rising sun

Pretty soon the kid’s will be up and on the run

And we’ll all truck it into town with the radio on

 

Blaring some country, got the windows down

Some country taking the long way around

Some country so wild and free

Honey, just give us some country

 

Nothing like some music with a fiddle sawing

Honky-Tonks full of hillbilly’s all yee-hawing

Beater pick-up trucks with the Hank really cranked

A sad steel guitar beats money in the bank

 

Instrumentals (Chorus Based)

 

On Sunday morning the whole gang goes to church

Five generations sitting like birds on a perch

Most all of the hymns we know chorus and verse

But I’ll be danged if they all don’t sound just like...

 

Some country, yeah straight from the heart

Some country, ‘bout how to make a new start

Some country, about taking a stand

And giving a stranger a helping hand

 

Some country, that’s all you need

Some country, so wild and free
Some country, about the good old days
Some country, made in the U.S.A..

Some country, honey, just give me some country

 

Some country (guitar riffs)

Some country (fiddle saws)

Some country (mandolin)

Some country (banjo)

 

Honey, just give me some country

"Some Country" is on hold with an up-and-coming Indie artist as the title track for his new album ... I want to thank the late George Clinton (Bayou Studios, Nashville) for befriending me back when I started working on songs again...  He engineered and mastered "Some Country" and several other songs of mine. George passed on in November of 2011 but is still here, on these pages, and in my heart.


"Some Country"
John Allen Latta (c) 2010 ~ BMI
Recorded at ... Bayou Studios, Nashville
Produced by ...  George Clinton
Fiddle by ...  Joe Spivey