Hello, Mr. DJ (Old Record Speaks)-Sonny Martin

[ti:Hello, Mr. DJ (Old Record Speaks)] [ar:Sonny Martin] [al:Timeless Treasures] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Hello, Mr. DJ (Old Record Speaks) - Sonny Martin [00:02.76]Written by：S. Martin [00:05.52]A country DJ was at the station [00:07.21] [00:08.00]Taken out all the records he was gonna play [00:09.90] [00:11.32]He was going over the top40 list [00:13.28] [00:14.19]All the big hits of the day [00:15.66] [00:17.76]A voice seemed to slip into his mind [00:19.70] [00:20.29]Its tone was soft and sad [00:21.94] [00:23.17]And he found himself listening closer [00:25.11] [00:26.06]To the words that it said [00:27.74] [00:30.06]Hi Mr. DJ remember me [00:32.37] [00:33.34]Now please don't be afraid [00:34.81] [00:35.70]I'm just an old country record [00:37.54] [00:38.15]The kind that you every seldom played [00:40.11] [00:41.59]Why I know you have your playlist [00:44.05]With your top40 songs [00:45.33] [00:46.31]I guess I'm out of step [00:47.51]And somehow I don't belong [00:49.51] [00:50.95]You may think that I'm old fashioned [00:52.63] [00:53.25]With my simple melody [00:54.36] [00:55.31]But the roots of country music began with sounds like me [00:58.95] [01:00.22]Now don't misunderstand [01:01.55] [01:02.32]Please don't get me wrong [01:03.52] [01:04.41]Why I'm proud of today is country [01:06.72]And in many places it's gone [01:08.18] [01:09.45]They are played in New York City and even in Japan [01:12.47] [01:13.73]Why who would it thought that you would go to Tokyo [01:16.37]And hear the sound of a country band [01:18.34] [01:19.41]Yeah we don't want you to forget us [01:21.63] [01:22.27]We've been around a long long time [01:24.36] [01:25.29]Why not give us a spin once in a while [01:27.54] [01:28.18]Just for all rings' end [01:29.57] [01:31.03]Country music is big now getting bigger every day [01:34.16] [01:34.95]But its records like me and the folks that cut us [01:37.82]Open doors and help pave the way [01:39.68] [01:40.56]Why some of today's stars travel on their airplanes [01:44.10]And write in air conditioned limousines [01:45.78] [01:46.33]But in my time they wrote in old cars [01:48.99]And made their meals on hotdogs and beans [01:51.74] [01:52.61]There're still some old timer around [01:54.89]But their records seldom got played in the air [01:57.26] [01:57.85]Why if you ask somebody youngster on the top now [02:00.16]They say that it was the old hands that help put them there [02:03.51] [02:04.80]And Mr. DJ there're still a lot of folks relying on my simple country sounds [02:09.18] [02:09.99]Ah they may not raise much of records [02:12.11] [02:12.68]But you can bet that there's a lot of us around [02:14.76] [02:15.64]So for their sake and mine [02:17.42]Though we may be a bit out of style [02:19.34] [02:19.89]Pour us out dust us often [02:21.51] [02:22.05]Gives us a spin once in a while [02:23.62] [02:25.61]Well I guess I've taken enough of your time [02:27.80] [02:28.61]I see you're due to go on the air [02:30.48] [02:31.26]But please Mr. DJ don't forget what I told you [02:34.99] [02:35.62]Play an old record in there [02:36.91] [02:37.65]That DJ sighed and shook his head [02:40.62]As if has awaken from a dream' [02:42.22] [02:43.24]He smiled at the row of old records and thought [02:46.31]How real that voice has seemed [02:47.83] [02:49.05]He grabbed an arm full of records and hurried down his way [02:52.17] [02:53.12]He opened his show with [02:54.52]Folks we're gonna spin a lot of old country records today