The Original

THE ORIGINAL (Scheinman) Red Rudy Too Tunes/BMI 3:27

Is that the original
I think I’ve seen it somewhere before
Old frame and weather beaten paper
Could be worth more than you paid for it
I’ve seen a dozen just like it
In the back of the old man’s store
If it’s original
You’ll be a step from being poor

Armstrong and Davis
Two guys with golden horns
Ali and Frazier
They’ve been fightin since they were born
Woody Guthrie, Lincoln, and Jesse James
American to the core
They’re all originals
And they should never be ignored

My take on jeopardizing all you’ve got
It’ll haunt you ‘til you’re gone
And anything that I have done
It’s already been done
I don’t know how long I’ve got
To get to where I’m going
To be original
Is to be the only one

Last night I was thinking
About laying down roots again
Stop putting the tire down to the road
And head home to you again
Maybe I could take a job
I ain’t too old to lay down stone
It was original
The night we fell in love

My take on jeopardizing all you’ve got
It’ll haunt you ‘til you’re gone
And anything that I have done
It’s already been done
I don’t know how long I’ve got
To get to where I’m going
To be original
Is to be the only one
Yeah to be original
Is to be the first one