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Sweet Country Sound

from Wanted by Cowboy Bob Sawyer

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Wrote this song, driving from Memphis to Dallas for a gig back in 2005.
It's based on a true story about this great group of friends, no.. family.. that all live out in the more rural parts of Arkansas, that all get together now and then to make a little music....

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Sweet Country Sound

I was raised off the land you see
Caught Fish and I picked from trees
I learned real early how to work real hard
Grew Crops, had a steer or two,
Chopped Wood had a chicken coop
Yeah, we were country, down to our bones

But at night when the work was done,
Oh lord we had some fun
Yeah, neighbors would come in from miles around
A big gut bass & a slide guitar,
a fiddle player or a honkytonk harp
no tellin what’cha hear, but you know it’ll be good

and old Hank would always find his way,
Waylon, Willie and Johnny’d get played
Lord they blessed our house most every night
Daddy would sing them low down blues,
just like ol’ Hank used to
Mamma would jump in and harmo-nize

Just give me that Sweet Country sound,
I don’t need no rock to roll me around
That Sweet Country sound
It’ll kick my boots till they lay me down… “get down”

When I grew up I moved out east,
became a genuine city fried freak
Let my hair grow long and my belt grew wide
I was playing that rock and roll,
but it just didn’t soothe my soul
Like that country music, from way back home

So I dug out my boots and my daddy’s black hat,
Got me a honky-tonk band
I started playing my music everywhere I’d go
From the New York city Broadway lights,
to Los Angeles neon nights
I spread the seeds of country, and watched em grow

Oh Hank would always find his way,
Waylon, Willie and Johnny’d get played
Lord they blessed our house most every night
Daddy would sing them low down blues, just like ol’ Hank used to
Mamma would jump in and harmo-nize

Just give me that Sweet Country sound,
I don’t need no rock to roll me around
That Sweet Country sound
It’ll kick my boots till they lay me down… “get down”

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from Wanted, released March 14, 2006

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Cowboy Bob Sawyer Memphis, Tennessee

Cowboy Bob is a native of Brooklyn N.Y., but hails from Memphis Tn.
A southern boy through & through, with country music flowing through his veins. Songwriter turned singer, his influences range from Waylon, Johnny & Hank to the Rolling Stones & Lynyrd Skynrd.
A regular face in the Memphis Music scene, CB, either solo or with his band
" The Bountyhunters"
are bound to please any country fan. ... more

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