Country gal reaches the big time in the city, but longs for slower times
Sung by Heather Cowles
Ruff worktape ('cept the sangin')
We're an eclectic group of winos and scofflaws just rolling with the flow.
Story behind the song
Country gal reaches the big time in the city, but longs for slower times
Sung by Heather Cowles
Ruff worktape ('cept the sangin')
Lyrics
Still Playin' In My Mind
© Ben Burton
V1
I was raised on a working farm
In a three room house for five
It's covered up with concrete now
'cept an oak tree that survived
V2
Gran taught me to bake johnnie cakes
Two batches at a time
In a rickety wood-burning stove
Somebody'd left behind
Pre ch1
So long ago those days seem now
Packed up like folded Sundays
(But they are still)
Chorus 1
Playing in my mind
Like the swimming hole and the picture show and the old scarecrow
Down on the county line
Playing in my mind
On Maynard's mule, doublin' up for school, using shine for fuel
When we were in a bind
There's a lovely world of yesterdays
Still playing in my mind
V3
Those dirt roads that I walked back then
Have paved the way to this
A massive suite right off Wall Street
Where the devil writes his list
V4
Now it's dog eat dog all day long
And it's brought me lots of wealth
But money can't buy that sweet peace
Where all my mem'ries dwell
In silence I turn back the clock
And think about those bygone days
(And they are still)
Chorus 2
Playing in my mind
The old black and white on a Saturday night without a light
Papa said that we'd go blind
Playing in my mind
Ironing clothes for church, burning Daddy's shirt, but he eased my hurt
Said I had done real fine
There's a lovely world of yesterdays
Still playing in my mind
Bridge
This corporate world is a major pain
My heart and soul get completely drained
When I can't relax inside a drink
I close my eyes, let my mind go blank
Pre chorus 2
And I unpack those folded Sundays
Turn on Gran's old Victrola
(And they are still)
Last Chorus
Playing in my mind
Chasing off the hawks, while the chickens squawked, and the four mile walk
To the store to spend my dime
Playing in my mind
At the county fair Daddy wrestled a bear, Momma didn't care
Said he'd whup that bear's behind
There's a lovely world of yesterdays
Still playing in my mind
Gotta nest of lovely yesterdays
Still playing in my mind
