The Top Of The Bottom-John Wesley Harding

[ti:The Top Of The Bottom] [ar:John Wesley Harding] [al:Who Was Changed And Who Was Dead] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Top Of The Bottom - John Wesley Harding [00:01.24]I started [00:03.92]Playing guitar by the town memorial [00:06.96]All my songs were singing editorials [00:09.79]And when I'd done the sermon on the mount [00:12.38]I counted my change and put it in my bank account [00:15.56]I didn't like to work at the local abbatoir [00:18.34]So I left home expanded my repertoire [00:21.14]I did some gigs no one booed [00:24.01]I got free beer and I drank it with gratitude [00:27.13] [00:27.94]Once I started I couldn't stop [00:30.31]That's how I got from the bottom to the top [00:34.37] [00:41.01]A businessman with a very young dolly bird [00:44.06]Talked through the set liked what he thought he heard [00:46.89]Dropped some names he claimed to represent [00:49.45]And asked me if I had any management [00:52.28]Two weeks later I'm signing on the dotted line [00:55.36]Offered some drugs at first I declined [00:57.95]Lots of parties where the spread's incredible [01:00.62]But don't get close cause the food's inedible [01:03.33] [01:04.19]And I became a spinning top [01:06.70]That's how I got from [01:09.33]The bottom to the top [01:11.02] [01:17.98]I got a sweet deal and I moved to America [01:20.31] [01:20.89]I fell in love with an heiress called Erica [01:23.37]Started out smart soon got silly [01:25.72]I partied by the pool and then arrest for necrophilia [01:28.88]News travels fast like electricity [01:31.65]A bad mug shot it's good publicity [01:34.23]I laid low for a month or two [01:36.80]And spent my dough building a recording studio [01:39.96] [01:40.67]And that's when it all went pop [01:43.35]That's how I got from [01:45.28]The bottom to the top of the bottom [01:48.82] [01:54.42]My label and payola got me in the charts [01:56.94]My new management had me by the private parts [01:59.65]I went on strike took the initiative [02:02.27]Forgetting that [02:03.14]I didn't have a single thing to bargain with [02:05.12]I lost my nerve my fall was glorious [02:07.81]The lawsuit was eternal and laborious [02:10.70]My new material was only fair to middling [02:13.20]Rome was burning and I did some fiddling [02:15.82] [02:16.71]Finally I was dropped that's how I got back from [02:21.40]The bottom to the top of the bottom [02:24.91] [02:29.95]Well on the way down people tend to leave you where you fall [02:33.23]I tried to stand up but I didn't have the wherewithal [02:36.13]I nearly died in a cab one day [02:38.37]So I swapped my bourbon for a bottle full of Perrier [02:41.45]There were rumors about my sexuality [02:44.08]The video star killed by reality [02:46.76]Next thing I know I'm on my knees [02:49.41]Begging the camera [02:50.76]Will you vote me off the island please [02:53.24]But the world forgives a flop [02:55.56] [02:56.07]That's how I got from [02:57.77]The bottom to the top of the bottom [03:01.19] [03:25.34]Oh well all that exposure [03:26.69]And the phone starts to ring again [03:28.47]I experienced the strange urge to sing again [03:31.05]Well not long ago I was a boy with a dream [03:33.43]I reacquaint myself with a razor [03:35.43]And some shaving cream [03:36.71]Look at me I'm ripe for rediscovery [03:39.22]All I need is Mary to mother me [03:41.88]On the tenth green I was way over par [03:44.53]My partner offered me a tour in Jesus Christ superstar [03:47.52] [03:48.52]And that's when the penny dropped [03:50.87]That's how I got from [03:53.05]The bottom to the top of the bottom [03:56.19] [04:01.21]Well we toured all over the states of America [04:04.54]I got a picture of my son from Erica [04:06.86] [04:07.39]My parents wrote since you disappeared [04:10.15]Hard to believe but it's just been one year [04:13.49]Now it's back to ale and cakes again [04:15.87]I wonder if I'll make the same mistakes again [04:18.48]I hope that you've enjoyed this tutorial [04:21.20]There's another young man who was playing the memorial [04:24.37]I'm getting bored of talking shop [04:27.60]That's how I got from [04:29.58]The bottom to the top of the bottom [04:32.69] [04:33.25]To the top of the bottom [04:35.85]To the top of the bottom