He had a Martin I had a Fender We were thirteen years of age Out back in the tool shed We were searching for a sound Every day all through the summer We'd rock 'n roll 'n rage All the neighbors kept complaining But it never slowed us down
We sang three verses of Dixie Can't Get No Satisfaction Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 Try A Little Tenderness A Whiter Shade Of Pale Turn! Turn! Turn! For What It's Worth And Long Black Veil
We moved out to California Shooting for the stars The biggest thing since Elvis Nothing could go wrong But they took us for all our money And everything else we owned So we got ourselves some whiskey And we drank it all night long
We sang three verses of Dixie Can't Get No Satisfaction Rainy Day Women And A Bad Moon On The Rise Try A Little Tenderness A Whiter Shade Of Pale Turn! Turn! Turn! For What It's Worth And Long Black Veil
Oh he never quite got over it And we went our separate ways He traded in his music For cocaine nights and reckless days Still I knew he always wanted To make one last journey home
Near a small white church in the valley Beneath a wooden bridge Patiently we waited on the cold Alabama ground And the preacher he started preaching About our life and about out times The sun was slowly sinking As we laid his body down
And we sang three verses of Dixie What A Friend We Have In Jesus Walk In The Garden And The Old Rugged Cross Try A Little Tenderness A Whiter Shade Of Pale Turn! Turn! Turn! For What It's Worth And Long Black Veil