Alan Jackson - Talkin' Song Repair Blues Lyrics
(Written by Dennis Linde)The mechanic raised up from under my hoodHe shook his head and said, "This ain't goodYour timin' belt's done, shrunk one size too smallThose spark plug wires are a little too longAnd your main prodsponder's nearly goneYour injector ports are stripped and that ain't all.""The torque converter's runnin' low on torqueAnd that water pump's nearly down a quartBut we caught it all in time so you're in luck"He said, "I've got the time and I've got the partsJust give me the word and I'm ready to startI think we can bring her in for eight hundred bucks."But don't be downhearted, I can fix it for you, sonnyIt won't take too long, it'll just take moneyThen he said, "Ain't you that songwriter guy?"I said, "Yes, I am," he said, "So am I."And he sat down and played me a song by the grease rackWhen he finished singin' he gave me a smileAnd I closed my eyes and pondered awhileAnd he said, "What do you think? Now don't hold nothin' back."Well, I gave him my most sorrowful lookAnd I said, "This song's got a broken hookI can order you a new one from Nashville but it won't be cheapAnd I know you've been using a cut-rate thesaurus'Cause your adverbs have backed up into your chorusNow your verse is runnin' on verbs that are way too weak."But don't be downhearted, I can fix it for you, sonnyIt won't take too long, it'll just take moneyAnd I said, "Hold on friend now I'm not throughI hate to be the one to give you the news.But your whole melodic structure's worked itself looseIt's got so many dotted eighth notes in itI'd keep her under fifty beats per minuteI mean, that's just me talkin', it's really up to you."And you've got a bad safety problem withThat dominant chord with the augmented fifthJust see how dangerously high it raises you upSo just go on over there and work on my carI'll sit here by the fan and chances areI can straighten this thing out for eig...nine hundred bucks."But don't be downhearted, I can fix it for you, sonnyIt won't take too longYou guessed itIt may be a hitI like it...
