Never Just a Song

Never Just a Song
(Tim Stafford, Pam Tillis, Daniel House Music, Vibe Room Music, 2011)

V1
You could say he left too early but he never planned on sticking round
He gave Jim Beam a bad name before it put him in the ground
You’d think I’d still be angry, cause he could be more cruel than kind
But me and Jesus forgave him, cause he left those songs behind

Ch) Well he wrote it like it mattered, like it was more than just a song
As if his life depended on it, and that wasn’t far from wrong
It was his only true religion, a calling felt down in his bones
Well he wrote it like it mattered, cause it was more than just a song

V2
Raised up in the crossfire between a sinner and a saint
If he had the makins of a poet, I guess he had them to thank
He made a name and made some money, down on 16th Avenue
But he never found a way, to shake the Wildwood Flower Blues

V3
He was gonna walk his way or walk no way at all
No one could accuse him of ever caring what you thought
What an awful beautiful life, both profound and profane
We’re just lucky he had music, to deal with all the pain