5000 Country Music Songs

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I started writing country songs in 1962 Just a dream that I had on my mind Now my girl and I got married in 1963 We tried so hard to keep our dreams alive [Verse 2] So I bought an old house-trailer out on the country side You can't write country songs in town they say (That's what they told me) Well we packed up and moved out there and as the time went by We found that we liked living free that way [Verse 3] Now I got me an old Cadillac just to have around Cadillacs and country songs were meant to be I heard that old Hank Williams, well he drove one just like mine So I thought that something might rub off on me [Chorus] You can take what you want after I'm gone It's only just a little place that we called home sweet home It was one old house trailer, two rusty Cadillacs And 5000 country music songs [Verse 4] Now I always sent my songs up to Nashville town In case the boys couldn't use a guy like me But the mailman brought 'em right back down and I think it made him sad You're bound to get you one, just wait and see [Verse 5] Well I recall the year that Ray Price came through town His tour bus parked about a mile from here But I just sat there in the backseat of that old Coupe De Ville Those shoes were just too big to fill that year [Verse 6] And a song on Bobby Bare would take you anywhere If I'm still here it wasn't for lack of trying My wife would tell me, "Honey, now I'm feelin' somethin' there Don't care if Bobby never reads a line" [Chorus] You can take what you want after I'm gone It's only just a little place that we called home sweet home It was one old house trailer, two rusty Cadillacs And 5000 country music songs [Bridge] Then late one summer evening she called me to her side, saying "Sing me something in your real old style The one I like to hear Bobby Bare passed by I'll just close my eyes and rest a while" [Verse 7] Now she liked that big old tree and the honeysuckle vine A mockingbird that sang so tenderly Well I just packed up all those song words and my old guitar I locked 'em up and threw away the key [Chorus] So mister, take what you want after I'm gone It's only just a little place that we called home sweet home It was one old house trailer, two rusty Cadillacs And 5000 country music songs And 5000 country music songs