I Still Sing The Old Songs Lyrics

By David Allan Coe

GRANDPA, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT YOU LATELY
WONDERING IF YOU'D FOUND PEACE OF MIND
I GUESS YOU'D BE PROUD TO KNOW YOUR GRANDSONS
NEVER CROSSED THAT MASON-DIXON LINE

AND I STILL SING THE OLD SONGS THAT YOU TAUGHT ME
AND I STILL PRAY TO JESUS NOW AND THEN
AND JUST LIKE YOU I WISH THAT HE WOULD SAVE ME
TO SEE THE DAY THE SOUTH WILL RISE AGAIN

DADDY WORE HIS PURPLE HEART SO PROUDLY
LONG BEFORE I TURNED INTO A MAN
BURIED WITH OUR FLAG ACROSS HIS CASKET
I WAS STILL TOO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND

MAMA SPENT HER LAST YEARS IN THE GARDEN
WHILE I TOOK MY TURN BEHIND THE GUN
LORD, I'D GIVE MY LIFE TO FIND THE FREEDOM
LOST WITHIN THE OLD SONGS THAT YOU SUNG

AND I STILL SING THE OLD SONGS THAT YOU TAUGHT ME
AND I STILL PRAY TO JESUS NOW AND THEN
AND JUST LIKE YOU I WISH THAT HE WOULD SAVE ME
TO SEE THE DAY THE SOUTH WILL RISE AGAIN

David Allan Coe - The Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy/Once Upon A Time

Jun 1994

1. A Sad Country Song
2. Crazy Mary
3. River
4. The 33rd Of August
5. Bossier City
6. Atlanta Song
7. Old Man Tell Me
8. Desperados Waiting For The Train
9. I Still Sing The Old Songs
10. The Old Grey Goose Is Dead
11. Loneliness In Ruby's Eyes
12. Would You Be My Lady
13. Sweet Vibrations
14. Another Pretty Country Song
15. Piece Of Wood And Steel
16. Fraulein
17. Shine It On
18. Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone)
19. Jody Like A Melody
20. You Never Even Called Me By My Name