Birmingham-Shovels & Rope

[00:14.37]Delta mama and a Nickajack man [00:16.61] [00:19.61]Raised their Cumberland daughter in a Tennessee band [00:22.60] [00:25.97]Played Springwater at Station Inn [00:28.78]Couldn't play fast, couldn't fit in [00:31.03] [00:33.59]Caught a '66 Dodge in Caroline [00:36.02] [00:39.77]Got her education on her mama's dime [00:42.39] [00:45.01]She was singing in a bar called Comatose [00:48.13]Halfway rusted on the salty coast [00:50.75] [00:52.56]Rock of Ages, cleave for me [00:56.61] [00:58.05]Let me hide myself in Thee [01:02.48] [01:04.16]Buried in the sand [01:06.91] [01:08.47]Five hundred miles from Birmingham [01:14.40] [01:19.26]Rock 'em out cowboy in a rock and roll band [01:22.51]Plugged his amplifier in all across the land [01:25.13] [01:27.63]Athens, Georgia on a friday night [01:30.18]Saw that little girl, she could sing alright [01:32.99] [01:35.30]Spent five years going from town to town [01:38.36]Waiting on that little girl to come around [01:40.98] [01:43.66]Caught in the arms of New York City [01:46.35]To lose that gal seemed terrible pity [01:48.84] [01:50.78]Rock of Ages, cleave for me [01:54.71] [01:56.21]Let my heart forget a beat [02:00.45] [02:02.20]Why do you demand [02:05.26] [02:07.38]Calling me from Birmingham [02:12.31] [02:17.92]Pulled her covered wagon off the BQE [02:20.36]Said this'll be the last you'll ever see of me [02:23.10] [02:25.41]Well the cowboy laughed said I know it's not true [02:28.33]Cause there's nothing I could do to get loose from you [02:31.39] [02:37.00]Made a little money playing in the bars [02:39.19]With two beat up drums and two old guitars [02:41.88] [02:44.62]From the Crescent City to the Great Salt Lake [02:47.31]It ain't what you got, it's what you make [02:50.01] [03:11.60]When the road got rough and the wheels all broke [03:15.34] [03:18.02]Couldn't take more then we could tow [03:21.96] [03:24.83]Making something out of nothing with a scratcher and our hope [03:28.26]With two old guitars like a shovel and a rope [03:30.72] [03:32.41]Rock of Ages, cleave for me [03:36.40] [03:37.83]Let me hide myself in Thee [03:42.64] [03:44.20]Now I understand [03:47.44] [03:48.57]On better terms since Birmingham [03:55.18] [03:56.12]