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Lyrics
[4/4, starts slow & goes into a 2-step at the chorus]
WON'T SOMEONE DIG HANK WILLIAMS UP AND MAKE HIM PLAY SOME MORE
–J. Wrabek
INTRO:
I found him in the dead guy section of the music store--
They finally put his best work on CD;
I guess that sales were kinda slow ‘cause he never danced on video,
Never took his clothes off on TV;
The tavern sold the jukebox when his final record broke–
Someone used to play it ev'ry night;
And tired folks with greyin' hair would sometimes do the two-step there
But now they only sit and stare, like Someone. Turned out. The light.
CHORUS [here comes the two-step]:
Won't someone dig Hank Williams up and make him play some more;
Naked girls in cowboy hats just ain't my soup du jour;
It's been so long since we found Jesus on the barroom floor–
Won't someone dig Hank Williams up and make him play some more.
1.
I was just a barefoot kid the day Hank Williams died,
But since that time I felt like I'm so lonesome I could cry;
The teevee's full of bright young fools
Who learned to drawl in music schools
And never had a soul to lose, or half a brain to try.
CHORUS:
Won't someone dig Hank Williams up and make him play some more;
Naked girls in cowboy hats just ain't my soup du jour;
It's been so long since we found Jesus on the barroom floor–
Won't someone dig Hank Williams up and make him play some more.
2.
Well, Jesus saved him once or twice, from debauchery and lies,
But he picked himself off the street and waded back inside;
Through honky-tonks and cheatin' hearts,
The prodigal son with the old guitar
Reminding us y' have to live a little ‘fore you die.
CHORUS:
Won't someone dig Hank Williams up and make him play some more;
Naked girls in cowboy hats just ain't my soup du jour;
It's been so long since we found Jesus on the barroom floor–
Won't someone dig Hank Williams up and make him play some more.
3.
And when I see the light, and reach that mansion on the hill,
I know I'll be in Heaven if ol' Hank is playin' still;
We'll reminisce about the years
We spent down in that vale of tears,
But music took away the fears, and I guess it always will.
CHORUS:
Won't someone dig Hank Williams up and make him play some more;
Naked girls in cowboy hats just ain't my soup du jour;
It's been so long since we found Jesus on the barroom floor–
Won't someone dig Hank Williams up and make him play some more.
REPEAT LAST LINE OF CHORUS TO END
(C) 2004 J. Wrabek dba Outside Services Ltd. All the usual rights reserved just in case. Hank, if you're listening, I hope you like it.