מילים לשיר Face To Face – David Allen Coe

Recitation: THE OLD MAN WAS COVERED WITH TATTOOS AND SCARS HE GOT SOME IN PRISON AND OTHERS IN BARS THE REST HE GOT WORKIN' ON OLD JUNK CARS IN THE DAYTIME THEY LOOKED LIKE TOMBSTONES IN OUR YARD AND I NEVER SEEN HIM WHEN HE WASN'T TIRED AND MEAN HE SOLD USED PARTS TO MAKE ENDS MEET COVERED WITH GREASE FROM HIS HEAD TO HIS FEET CUSSIN' THE SWEAT AND THE TEXAS HEAT AND MOSQUITERS AND THE NEIGHBORS SAID WE LIVED LIKE HICKS BUT THEY BRUNG THEIR CARS FOR PA TO FIX ANYHOW HE WAS VETERAN HE'D FOUGHT TILL HIS HEART WAS BLACK AND BLUE DIDN'T KNOW HOW HE'D MADE IT THROUGH THE HARD TIMES HE BOUGHT OUR HOUSE ON THE G.I. BILL BUT IT WASN'T WORTH ALL HE HAD TO KILL TO GIT IT HE DRANK PEARL IN A CAN AND JACK DANIELS BLACK CHEWED TOBACCO FROM A MAIL POUCH SACK HAD AN OLD DOG THAT WAS TRAINED TO ATTACK SOMETIMES HE'D GET DRUNK AND MEAN AS A RATTLESNAKE AND THERE WASN'T TOO MUCH THAT HE WOULD TAKE FROM A STRANGER THERE WERE THIRTEEN KIDS AND A BUNCH OF DOGS A HOUSE FULL OF CHICKENS AND A YARD FULL OF HOGS I SPENT THE SUMMERTIME CUTTIN' UP LOGS FOR THE WINTER TRYIN' LIKE THE DEVIL TO FIND THE LORD WORKIN' LIKE A NIGGER FOR MY ROOM AND BOARD COAL IF THAT AIN'T COUNTRY, I'LL KISS YOUR ASS IF THAT AIN'T COUNTRY, IT'LL HAIRLIP THE POPE IF THAT AIN'T COUNTRY, IT'S A DAMN GOOD JOKE I'VE SEEN THE GRAND OLE OPRY, AND I'VE MET JOHNNY CASH IF THAT AIN'T COUNTRY, I'LL KISS YOUR ASS-aca.