Lyrics
No Contest Laurel Varner 2004
alot of people write those songs, about singers that are dead
but the people that, ther singin about, cant hear a word they said
so im writin this song about a friend of mine,who's still alive and well
he lives in southern iowa his name is rick zaputil (aka rick charles)
he likes country music and blues, and a little bit of rock and roll
we've done alot of jammin, the past thirty years or so
every time we get togather, it always amazes me
all the songs he knows, and his voice of gold, and his perfect harmony
(chorus)1
i keep picturin him with a big old bus, with his name wrote on the side
say'in somethin like, RICK CHARLES, AND HIS BAND THE COUNTRY PRIDE
travlin all over the country, playin in all of them big towns
standin on that stage in his cowboy hat, big old spotlights shinin down
make'in big money and livin up high, doin what he does best
i sure wish i could sing like him, but there there just aint no contest
(lead)
i recall the memorial weekend, Mystic 2002
there was rick and me,his boy jessie, some other friends and family too
everything he did was right that night, he just couldn't do nothin wrong
the strings were hot on his old les paul, when he played that one old rock and roll song
he told me about, a guy he met, while he was on summer vacation
this guy was a southern singer, by the name of Odell Jackson
an indian guy with a awsome voice, he said to me with a grin
i'll be dammed if 2 days later, old rick was singin just like him
(chorus)2
there aint nothin id rather do, than play backup lead for you
while your pickin and singin, them good old southern blues
i think were both on a musical high, when were jammin, and havin a good time
just wanted you to know, you are, a good old pickin buddy of mine
i wish you were makin big money,livin up high,doin what you love the best
i still wish i, could sing like you,but there just aint no contest
i used to live across the road,from his long old driveway
i could sit out on my porch, and listen, to him play
if i closed my eyes, i could visualize, i was down in tennessee
listen to a family, of backwoods mountain hillbillys
i hope he keeps singin what he's singin ,for a long long while
cause the kind of music that he does,never will go out of style
this is the first song i ever wrote, and i've tried to do my best
i still wish i could sing like you,but there just aint no contest
(chorus2)
no there just aint no contest..........................................................
