Let me take you back to nineteen ninety one-two-three Garth Brooks was a heavyweight champ 'a the airwaves The Muhammed Ali, and there were doctors, lawyers, Bandwagon first-timer country music lovers Redneck bikers, housewives waitin' in the same line To have a big time at the honky tonks Then Garth pulled a Bobbie Sue Took the money and he run, but hey, wouldn't you And the stock market crashed, and the meat went bad And the old blamed the new for the music bein' so bad So sad, when I thought it couldn't get worse One by one, the honky tonks started bitin' into sandwiches Made 'a dirt
Chorus
(So) (The) cowboys and cowgirls of the world (to) unite (And) bring those honky tonks, (bring 'em) back to life The dogs, the dives, waterin' holes-in-the-wall Million-dollar corporate-owned line dance halls They're goin' bye bye Can't let 'em die-ee-eye (So) cowboys and cowgirls (of the world) unite And bring those honky tonks Bring 'em back to life
2nd Verse
There you go, I got it off my chest And laid it in the lap Of the two-step lovin' beer drinkin' honky tonkin' nation As a matter of fact Bring back the buckles big as hubcaps Even the mullet and the handlebar moustache Ten gallon felt straws Way-genuine American-made cowboy hats And bring back ladies night All you can drink up, fellas, with your eyes And you beautiful blondes, redheads, brunettes You know you wanna get that t-shirt wet Bring 'em back
(Repeat Chorus)
3rd Verse
Just one more thing before I go While I'm up here on my box of soap There's some people I'd wanna bring back We all miss, you know Tammy Wynette, guitar Chet June Carter Cash, Johnny Paycheck Minnie Pearl, Bill Monroe Bring 'em back Back to Waylon, Roger, Hank Bring back the Man in Black, I say That's just a few of the greats who would want
(Repeat Chorus)
"Mrs. Steven Rudy" by Mark McGuinn (Mark McGuinn/Shane Decker)
1st Verse
I get up on Sunday 'bout eight fifteen Just to get the paper that I never read 'Cause I know she'll be there Barely in her robe Sittin' on her front porch Paintin' on her toes Her husband's always on the road
Chorus
Hey, Mrs. Steven Rudy You don't know what you do to me Every night, I dream one day of bein' with you Hey, Mrs. Steven Rudy You're the neighborhood beauty But that wedding ring's as ugly As your husband is to you (hey)
2nd Verse
Sometimes Mrs. Rudy calls cryin' late at night 'Cause her and Mr. Ugly have had another fight We talk a while, I hear her smile And when she says 'thank you' I tell her that she's welcome Like any friend would do I only wish she knew
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge
Imagination, infatuation I'm what she deserves I wonder if she thinks about me The way I think about her
(Repeat Chorus Twice)
Tag
Oh, Mrs. Rudy That wedding ring's as ugly to me As your husband is to you Mrs. Rudy, you don't know You don't know what you do to me