In Memory Of Rusty Carr - Bloodstains On The Banjo
(Tune of It's A Great Day To Be Alive by Travis Tritt)
We got to Booger Holler at the break of day
The crowd got to comin' and we had to play
It's not braggin' I just have to say hey
We was doin' alright
Yeah Rusty was the leader of our whole group
He owned the stage and buddy that's the truth
Until he got hit by the hundred proof no
Then it wasn't alright
And there's bloodstains on the banjo now
I know the band kept playin'
But I don't know how
And there ain't no time to clean up good
Even though we all know that we really should
It's been a few years since Rusty died
The band stayed together just outa spite
Now our future looks really bright yeah
I guess we're doin' alright
Sometimes I wonder if it was me
Would I be buried in Tennessee
That would be my dyin' plea yeah
But it still ain't alright
And there's bloodstains on the banjo now
I know the band kept playin'
But I don't know how
And there ain't no time to clean up good
Even though we all know that we really should
Sometimes it's lonely
With Rusty all bony
And his shadow fills me with gloom
Sometimes I'm shakin'
When the crowd is a drankin'
Hopin' a jug don't doom
Anew
Anew
Well I might just go and see Rusty's tomb
Tell 'im all the things that I've got to do
I'm glad I'm livin' instead of you
And there's bloodstains on the banjo now
I know the band kept playin'
But I don't know how
And there ain't no time to clean up good
Even though we all know that we really should
There's bloodstains on the banjo now
I know the band kept playin'
But I don't know how
And there ain't no time to clean up good
Even though we all know that we really should