The Talkin Song Repair Blues - Alan Jackson

[00:00.49]The  Talkin    Song  Repair  Blues - Alan Jackson
[00:08.32]  n-He shook his head and said:  This ain  t good;
[00:10.66]Your timin   belt  s done shrunk one size too small;
[00:14.52]And those spark plug wires are a little too long,
[00:08.32]
[00:17.95]And your main prodsponder  s nearly gone;
[00:19.94]Your injector ports are stripped, and that ain  t all...
[00:24.44]...Your torque converter  s runnin   low on torque,
[00:27.31]And that water pump  s nearly down a quart;
[00:29.55]We caught it all in time, so you  re in luck. 
[00:33.48]He said,  I  ve got the time, and I  ve got the parts,
[00:36.73]Just give me the word, and I  m ready to start;
[00:39.10]I think we can bring her in for-uh, eight-hundred bucks.
[00:43.03]But don  t be downhearted, I can fix it for you, sonny;
[00:48.28]It won  t take too long, it  ll just take money. 
[00:53.02]Then he said,  Aren  t you that songwriter guy? 
[00:59.50]  n-I said,  Yes I am. 
[01:01.00]He said,  So am I. 
[01:02.06]He set down and played me a song by the grease rack;
[01:04.57]When he finished singin   he gave me a smile,
[01:08.93]And I closed my eyes and pondered a while;
[01:11.24]  n-he said,  What do you think?
[01:12.68]Now don  t hold nothin   back. 
[01:13.93]Well I gave him my most sorrowful look,
[01:18.28]And I said,  This song  s got a broken hook;
[01:20.78]  n-I can order you a new one from Nashville, but it won  t be cheap;
[01:24.53]And I know you  ve been using a cut-rate thesaurus,
[01:27.90]  Cause your adverbs have backed up into your chorus,
[01:30.33]Now your verse is runnin   on verbs that are way too weak.
[01:34.08]But don  t be downhearted, I can fix it for you, sonny;
[01:39.32]It won  t take too long, it  ll just take money. 
[01:44.25]  n-I said,  Hold on friend,
[01:49.39]Now I  m not through;
[01:50.20]I hate to be the one, to give you this news,
[01:52.57]But your whole melodic structure  s done worked itself loose;
[01:56.38]It  s got so many dotted eighth notes in it,
[02:00.00]I  d keep her under fifty beats per minute;
[02:02.05]I mean, that  s just me talkin  , it  s really up to you...
[02:06.11]...  n you  ve got a bad safety problem,
[02:09.58]With that dominant chord, with the augmented fifth,
[02:11.81]Just see how dangerously high it raises you up;
[02:15.50]So just go on over and work on my car,
[02:18.93]And I  ll sit here by the fan, and chances are,
[02:21.24]I can straighten this thing out for eight-...uh, nine-hundred bucks.
[02:27.04]But don  t be downhearted, I can fix it for you, sonny;
[02:32.79]It won  t take too long... 
[02:36.72]You guessed it...
[02:40.65]It may be a hit...
[02:44.33]I like it!
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