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Lyrics for The Ballad Of The Illinois Opry by REO SPEEDWAGON:
| | | Artist: | REO SPEEDWAGON |
| | Album: | Unknown | | Track: | The Ballad Of The Illinois Opry | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 51 | | | | Lyrics: | Found myself heading down toward Springfield
The last sign said it was twelve miles
west
It's gettin' hard to see through the salt on my windshield
But it looks like I'm gonna
make it before the sun sets
The morning I arrived was Lincoln's birthday
So I walked through
his house and saw his tomb
I decided that a tour through the Civil War Memorial Museum would be
a drag
I was tired of seeing monuments about other men's doom
Now I don't want you
people to think that all there is around Springfield Illinois
Are landmarks telling `bout the
good old Lincoln years
Cus just north of town I saw a sign that said the Illinois Opry is open
tonight
And the sweet sound of country music filled my ears
And I want to be a star in
the Illinois Opry now
The people in the country certainly know how to play
It may be a while
before I'm ready
But I'm gonna be up on that stage someday
I could easily write a whole
song about the licks that guitar man was pickin'
I could go on for hours `bout the old boy on
pedal steel
But I'm not singing `bout people who were just playin' music
I'm singing about
how fine their music made me feel
There's a lot of people who have taken years of
lessons
Trying to learn how to make their music fit the trend
But the simple folks at the
Opry have got somethin' special
And I think that we all could use a lesson or two from
them
And I want to be a star in the Illinois Opry now
The people in the country
certainly know how to play
It maybe a while before I'm ready
But I'm gonna be up on that
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