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40 Years Lyrics by Chuck Brodsky

Last Of The Old Time

2000

40 years of Jack Williams
Y' mean you can turn out like that?
Not too big for your britches?
And not too big for your hat?
Let me tell you about Jack Williams
He’s got at least 500 songs
Now some of ‘em might end a little too soon
But not a one of ‘em is too long
40 years of Jack Williams
Traveling all around
You might not have ever heard of him
But I betcha he's played your town
40 years of Jack Williams
Y' mean you can turn out like that?
Not too big for your britches?
And not too big for your hat?
Mel Bay would’ve been jealous
Jack would've done him proud
He probably knows a lot more chords
Than ought to be allowed
One time Dickie Betts was down
Nursing a broken hand
So Jack that night played lead guitar
In the Allman Brothers Band
40 years of Jack Williams
Y' mean you can turn out like that?
Not too big for your britches?
And not too big for your hat?
40 years of Jack Williams
Man, that says a lot
I like him both for who he is
And as much for who he's not
No leather jacket, no rhinestones
No make-up on his lips
He surely ain't no dancing fool
Wiggling his hips
And something else about Jack Williams
He's a gentleman through and through
As Southern as a whippoorwill
And boiled peanuts too
40 years of Jack Williams
Y' mean you can turn out like that?
Not too big for your britches?
And not too big for your hat?
40 years of Jack Williams
He's made the best of friends
All along his travels
Everywhere he’s been
And on the Edisto River
These friends from far and wide
Gathered for to pick & grin
And to eat & to be outside
Celebrating 40 years of Jack Williams
A man I’m glad to know
We've had our conversations
Then it was time to go
40 years of Jack Williams
Y’ mean you can turn out like that?
Not too big for your britches?
And not too big for your hat?
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Chuck Brodsky

Chuck Brodsky

About “40 Years” by Chuck Brodsky

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