I Never Did Finish That Song-Don Bowman

[ti:I Never Did Finish That Song] [ar:Don Bowman] [al:Our Man in Trouble] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Never Did Finish That Song - Don Bowman [00:01.34]Oh he never did finish that song [00:06.24] [00:09.25]Their parents would never let them marry [00:11.27] [00:12.30]Coz she came from the wrong side of town [00:14.49] [00:15.82]In a final embrace you could see them standing [00:19.15]There on the ledge looking down [00:21.66] [00:22.97]They vowed they would always be together [00:24.84] [00:25.86]And that neither would ever love again [00:27.94] [00:29.20]So holding each other [00:30.41]So tightly they kissed they kissed and then [00:36.32] [00:37.42]And then the telephone rang I broke a guitar string [00:42.48]And a friend with a bottle came along [00:45.16] [00:46.25]We both got a little high started telling lies [00:49.77] [00:50.43]I never did finish that song [00:52.74] [00:53.48]Though I never did finish that song [00:56.71] [01:00.38]Johnny was the pride of the beach [01:01.50] [01:03.02]All the surfer girls knew him on sight [01:04.85] [01:06.37]It seemed like everything was going his way [01:08.53] [01:09.79]Till that dark and fateful night [01:11.40] [01:12.81]He swam out to where the big breakers were [01:14.47] [01:15.70]And started to ride the waves in [01:17.42] [01:18.74]For the first time he noticed [01:20.23] [01:20.79]The ship in his path ha ha [01:22.72] [01:23.40]He waved to the crowd and then [01:25.99] [01:27.03]And then the stove blew up [01:29.91]This big huge Mack truck came crashing [01:33.09]Right through my chartreuse wall [01:34.81] [01:36.09]Clock struck ten and the whole roof caved in [01:40.12]And I never did finish that song [01:42.35] [01:43.12]Really never did finish that song [01:46.38] [01:50.44]Ole Jed was a faithful hired man [01:52.25] [01:53.82]For years he plowed the old farm [01:55.40] [01:57.29]With the wrinkles of time etched in his face [01:59.87] [02:01.10]And a hula girl etched on his arm [02:03.32] [02:05.03]But old age had made Jed careless [02:06.90] [02:08.42]And his years finally came to an end [02:10.62] [02:11.88]He walked behind a mule [02:12.98] [02:14.08]That he thought was tame the mule took aim and then [02:19.83] [02:20.75]And then the sky got black the windows cracked [02:25.53]And a big tornado come along [02:28.25] [02:29.49]Oh the whole house rocked landlord knocked [02:32.95]And I never did finish that song [02:35.81] [02:36.63]Know I never did finish that song [02:39.70] [02:43.93]I promised myself when I started this song [02:46.63] [02:48.19]That I'd write it all the way to the end [02:50.65] [02:52.42]But I never did