I couldn't stay

 

(David Munyon / S.P. Standley)

 

This is a song written for the memory of my Father-in-Law Comer Sheffield who died of Cancer during our 1998 Tour...over 250 people attended his funeral, all the people who he had helped with something during his life, in our Community here in Midland City, Alabama... he was and „is“ a good man, he is in Heaven now because of his simple and humble belief in Our Saviour Jesus Christ...

 

I met you in Alabama

I'd just married your daughter

You were sitting on the cender block steps you built

Your ol' dog came barking

I gave him bothof my sandwiches

You said „Are you a preacher“

Then you offered me a drink

 

Ah the rivers seem so muddy

And the years just keep on rolling

Now we have a bunch of children

And the money goes real quick

I'd love to stay and help you

I know you know about the road

Sorry about the Karma I couldn't pay

That's why I couldn't stay

 

My father was from Kansas

He grew up in the wheat fields

Felt he had an obligation, to feed the hungry world

War took him to the South Pacific

He died last year of cancer

Ruth Broadhenst was his second wife

She followed St. Patricks Day

 

You taught me how to whittle

An' you taught me how to whistle

And you show'd me how to skate and then to drive

You took me to Paunka City

My God the girls are pretty

We drank about a half an ocean

Then the highway took my soul

 

Ah the rivers seem so muddy

And the years just keep on rolling

Now we have a bunch of children

And the money goes real quick

I'd love to stay and help you

I know you know about the road

Sorry about the Karma I couldn't pay

That's why I couldn't stay

 

Love will keep you guessing

Winter winds will test you

Broken cars will break you

And she'll probably break your heart

There's a billion miles of black top

I'd recommend hot coffee

If they ever question of me

Tell them why I couldn't stay

 

David Munyon: vocal, guitar

Chris Jones: guitar

Mike Silver: backing vocals

Beo Brockhausen: percussion

Hans-Jörg Maucksch: bass