I Used To Be A Country Singer-Gordon Lightfoot

[ti:I Used To Be A Country Singer (Album Version)] [ar:Gordon Lightfoot] [al:A Painter Passing Through] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Used To Be A Country Singer - Gordon Lightfoot [00:06.23]I was sittin' in my hotel room strummin' my old guitar [00:10.42] [00:11.44]Not much to do when you're far away playin' some smokey bar [00:15.67] [00:16.61]I was feelin' a little empty and feelin' a little blue [00:20.97] [00:21.87]When the maid came in and asked me if she could do my room [00:26.60] [00:28.90]I put down my old guitar and she gave me a smile [00:32.91] [00:33.69]She had a crusty voice and a drinker's look but she had a friendly style [00:38.19] [00:39.26]She dusted my room and made my bed and she talked of days gone by [00:43.52] [00:44.11]She spoke of when she wooed the men a tear came to her eye [00:48.94] [00:50.48]And she said [00:50.97] [00:51.60]I used to be a country singer [00:54.28] [00:56.84]I could sing a mean patsy cline [01:00.46] [01:01.65]My husband he could yodel like Wilf Carter [01:05.16] [01:06.96]Kitty wells was a real good friend of mine [01:09.72] [01:11.89]She told me that her husband died and her son was overseas [01:16.45] [01:17.13]I could tell by her eyes and her broken smile [01:20.03]She was lonely just like me [01:21.60] [01:22.61]She asked me if I'd listen to a tape of when she was young [01:26.98] [01:27.56]She said I can't sing now I forgot the words [01:30.47]And my voice is almost gone [01:32.34] [01:34.06]And she said [01:34.55] [01:35.09]I used to be a country singer [01:37.61] [01:40.26]I could sing a mean patsy cline [01:43.95] [01:45.08]My husband he could yodel like Wilf Carter [01:48.67] [01:50.51]Kitty wells was a real good friend of mine [01:53.23] [01:55.36]Oh I cried inside but I couldn't tell [01:58.01]If it was for her or for me [01:59.95] [02:00.51]So I grabbed my axe and we sang a song in two part harmony [02:05.20] [02:06.03]Ever since that day when I'm feelin' down and I can't find a happy tune [02:10.46] [02:11.05]I just think if that maid and the feeling she gave [02:13.86]When she came to clean my room [02:15.65] [02:17.17]And she said [02:17.79] [02:18.49]I used to be a country singer [02:21.07] [02:23.73]I could sing a mean patsy cline [02:28.62]My husband he could yodel like Wilf Carter [02:32.13] [02:33.88]Kitty wells was a real good friend of mine [02:37.11] [02:39.41]I used to be a country singer [02:42.00] [02:44.80]I could sing a mean patsy cline [02:48.52] [02:49.64]My husband he could yodel like Wilf Carter [02:53.28] [02:55.02]Kitty wells was a real good friend of mine [03:02.08] [03:03.04]Kitty wells was a real good friend of mine