Legacy

LEGACY words and Music by Michael Johnathon
c2019/Rachel Aubrey Music Inc/BMI

I remember a Time or Two
Playing my guitar and hoping you would hear me
I travel round the world singing every night
Alone on stage and such a pitiful sight I know
I’ve gotta long, long way to go

CHORUS:
AND YOU CAN BUY,BUY AN ALBUM LIKE AMERICAN PIE
YOUCAN SO FLY HIGH ON A STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN AT NIGHT
RIDEAWAY ON THE CITYO F NEW ORLEANS
Like A ROLLING STONE- You GOTTA LONG, LONG WAY TO GO

He had a long neck banjo on a riverside
walking on the water where the water was wide, you know
he had a long long way to go

And a Cat in the cradle had a lot to say
the story finally ended on a summer day, you know
he had a long long way to go

She wrote her songs on a window sill
Michael From Mountains and a dulcimer quill, you know
She had a long long way to go

There was a finger lickin’ picker full of paranoia
Poling his boat inCarolina, I know
he had a long long way to go...
CHORUS

He flew a Bottle of Time straight into a tree
nothing was left for him to say to you and me
he had a long, long way to go

His pilot had a heart that couldn’t continue
we lost those songs deep within, you know
he had a long, long way to go

Singing every night to a white man’s girl
One Meatball left to give the world, you know
he had a long, long way to go

Full ofPower andGlory and strong as anOak
at35he ain’t Marching no more, you know
he had a long, long way to go
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There was a Trinity of 3’s down Kingston Way
nothing was the same on the MTA, you know
they had a long, long way to go

Folk aint broke where the Flowers grow
Greenback dollars need a pocket of Gold to grow
they had a long, long way to go.

Bluegrass, truegrass Mandolin King
High and Lonesome let the banjo’s ring, you know
he had a long long way to go

Then one day three fingers rolled
they left Big Mon and went around the world on their own
they had a long, long way to go
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Zimmy Minnisotee was a RollingStone
he wrote those words when he was all alone, I know
he had a long, long way to go

Joanie was his only and terribly lonely
Tangled up in Poetry and Matrimony, I know
she had a long long way to go

Rock those mountains with all12strings
lost in the ocean whileAngels sing to you
he had a long, long way to go

Garden Parties and Iowa fields
Your legacy is lost to old news reels, I know
they had long, long way to go
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HipHop Momma andCajunQueens
DownloadDigital and Facebook Memes, you know
we gotta long long way to go

Like an aging high-tech Troubadour,
Old man fingers and not much more to go
you gotta a long long way to go

Play all day because you truly believe
hoping you’ll sell that box ofCDs, and you know
you gotta a long long way to go

Get a feature in the paper that nobody reads
about another song nobody needs, I know
you gotta long long way to go

AND YOU CAN BUY,BUY AN ALBUM LIKE AMERICAN PIE
YOUCAN FLYH IGHON A STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN AT NIGHT
RIDEAWAY ON THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
Like A ROLLINGSTONE ... IGOTTALONG, LONG WAYTOGO
I remember a Time or Two
Playing my guitar and hoping you would hear me