Lyrics Jimmy Brown The Blues Boy - Tim O'Brien

Jimmy Brown The Blues Boy

I write some songs and sing 'em too my name is Jimmy Brown
Everybody knows that I play music in this town
Well I used to make a decent wage, the children all could eat
They all had hats upon their heads, and shoes upon their feet
But in the book of history my children turned the page
They don’t read the morning paper sir in this computer age
They still like their music sir, but now they get it free
And the morning paper fills the holes in the shoes upon my feet
The Internet’s a wondrous thing with all the tools it brings
I like to use that Google when I write the songs I sing
But the very thing that helped me sir is part of my demise
Peer to Peer is eating up my little piece of pie
They rip my disk, compress the files and mail it that same day
Well I’m still making music sir, and I still got to live
But you still listen to my songs, and something’s got to give
If I had been that guy who wrote that «Grand Theft Auto» theme
I might still be living that good old American Dream
Well I need to write a hit song that’ll play on your cellphone
I’d have some bacon with my beans if you buy my ringtone
America was built upon an interesting idea
It started up in Boston back in 1773
They had a big 'ole party there, they made salt water tea
But the party never ended, we still want our stuff for free
Well we hate our politicians with their evil taxing ways
We want good roads, we want good schools, but we don’t want to pay
We all want to have our cake, we want to eat it too
It’s been a grand experiment, but now the bill is due
Four stages in a picker’s life, first two is Jimmy Brown
The next is «Get me Jimmy Brown», then «Get me a young Jimmy Brown»
I been through stages 1−2-3, and now I’m feeling down
The only stage that’s left for me is «who is Jimmy Brown»
Flatt and Scruggs would sing this song, but the words are not the same
They guy that wrote this music sir, I do not know his name
But I sure know who wrote these words, I swear that I ain’t lyin'
They guy who wrote this parody, his name… is Tim O’Brien