old songs like that

chiseled in stone still chokes me up sometimes

he stopped lovin' her today brings a tear to a grown man's eye

take this job and shove it makes me smile when i've had a hard day

sure seems like those old cats knew just what to say

i miss heart and soul and a petal-steal guitar

three-quarter time and a honky tonk bar

they say it's gone and it ain't comin' back

they can say what they want - i miss old songs like that

haggard and hank

they always lived what they wrote

you believe what they sang

and you can feel it in every single note

i don't mind the new stuff

but truth is

that's not who i am

i'm a picker

a singer

a natural born bluesman

i miss heart and soul and a pedal-steal guitar

three-quarter time and a honky tonk bar

they say it's gone and it ain't comin' back

they can say what they want

but the cold hard fact

is i miss old songs like that