Arkansas Soul

Arkansas Soul

I stepped into the PBG on the day the music died
Jim Lindsey & the Lightinin’ Kingz were doin’ Livin’ on Tulsa Time
But this is my time, boys and this ain’t Oklahoma

Don’t play no honky tonk, don’t play me Blue Suede Shoes
I like Elvis and I dig Hank, but I don’t want to hear those Tennessee Blues, since I heard the news, I’m just not in the mood

Play something for my hero

Play me that song about Fanny, Play Up on Cripple Creek
Play that one about Virgil Caine and the night he met defeat
I need to hear that funky shuffle, let the stick man take control
I need to hear a little Levon, play me some genuine Arkansas soul

Had my hopes up by the second set, when you let that bass man sing
Whiskey River take my mind and Bob Wills is still the King
and a 7 minute medley by that little old band from Texas

Sure, I like that Detroit R & B and them South Chicago Blues
Wish you’d carry me down to Little Rock, put some “funky” in my shoes
Let me hear you testify like the man who kept the beat

Can you play a little something for my hero

Play me that song about Fanny, Play Up on Cripple Creek
Play that one about Virgil Caine and the night he met defeat
I need to hear that funky shuffle, let the stick man take control
I need to hear a little Levon, play me some genuine Arkansas soul


I need to hear that country shuffle, let that drummer have control
I need to hear a little Levon, play me some genuine, bonafide, make me feel alright inside....let’s take a ride to Arkansas soul