How To Be A Country Star
(专辑: The Originals - 1979)
There's questions we're always hearing every where we go Like how do I
cut a
record or get on a
country show Well, it takes more than just ambition and three chords on an old guitar There's a
few more things you ought to learn to be a
country star You got to learn to sing like Waylon or pick like Jerry Reed Yodel like Jeannie Shepard, write songs like Tom T
Put a
cry in your voice like Haggard, learn Spanish like Johnny R
Whisper like Bill Anderson and you'll be a
country star Play piano like Ronnie Mil sap or Gilly or Jerry Lee Yo-yo like Roy Acuff or talk plain like Ralph Emery Growl like Conway Twitty, get a
red, white and blue guitar Build a
swimming pool like Webb did and you'll be a
country star Be tall like Sonny James is, tell jokes like Minnie Pearl Or be short like Jimmy Dickens or play five-string like Earl Get a
hip band like Willie, learn to stutter like M-Mel Get a
cap like Roy Clark wore or a
voice like Barbara Mandrel Be rich like Eddy Arnold, say you're making more than you are Get a
gimmick like Charley Pride got and you'll be a
country star But if you have no talent and you're not a
male If you're built somewhat like Dolly or have a
face like Crystal Gayle Come back stage and ask for Harold, Phil, Don or Lou And we'll see you get auditioned for the
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