If your actions led to the death of your own father (as was the case with Red Rogers (L in track art below)), what kind of father would you be? The song Telling Stories hints at Red Rogers’ torment from his lingering guilt. Jimmy’s God loving mother Esther (R) has been Jimmy’s one ray of sunshine in an otherwise bleak life.
God gave me a mind for telling stories, and my baby she calls them lies. She said, come on home for breakfast. And I find her hanging clothes on the line. She's been smoking my tobacco and the neighbors they got eyes, they know her kids ain't got no daddy and my wife ain't got no prize. He ain't the man he used to be, you can see it in their eyes. They ain't telling stories, and they ain't about to tell no lies.
Because god gave me a gift for stories and my wife she calls them lies. She said come on home for breakfast and her eggs they drive me wild. The bacon's in the icebox, and her potatoes are the best home made fries. I told her I found work in Nashville and she knew it was a lie. He ain't the man he used to be, you can see it in their eyes. They ain't telling stories, and they ain't telling lies.
He ain't the man he used to be, you can see it in their eyes. They ain't telling stories, they ain't about to tell no lies. But God he gave me stories though the wife she calls them lies I used to know my name, I can no longer tell the time look me up in Nashville, I’ll be sitting with my wine because God he gave me stories, and I’ve told them way past my prime.
He ain't the man he used to be, you can see it in their eyes. They ain't telling stories, they ain't telling lies. He ain't the man he used to be, you can see it in their eyes. They ain't telling stories, and there's always a price to lies.
credits
from Can't Stop It! - Vol I,
released August 12, 2012
Jimmy Mack – lead vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, synthesizer guitar; Donnie Allen – bass; Tony Clements – drums; Donnie Haulk – alto, tenor and soprano sax; Terry Wilson - keyboards
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