Testo The Ballad of Stringbean and Estelle - Sam Bush
Testo della canzone The Ballad of Stringbean and Estelle (Sam Bush), tratta dall'album Circles Around Me
On Ridge Top, Tennessee in 1973
The brown boys killed Stringbean and Estelle
The reason for it all is in the bib of his overalls
At least that's what the brown boys would tell
The thieves laid in wait for hours
But things didn't go their way
It was just a simple plan to rob a banjo man
But he wouldn't let go of his Opry pay
There must have been a terrible struggle
For the cash in his bib overalls
The brown boys said, "Don't give us no trouble
We came for some, but now we want it all"
Now the thieves said, "Stand and deliver"
But Stringbean would not tell
And later we would learn it was a point of no return
They shot him dead and then they shot Estelle
He saw no smoke from the chimney
So Grandpa knew that something was not right
It would burn evermore in his memory
The picture of that dreadful awful sight
Then twenty-three years later
They tore the fireplace down
There was twenty thousand dollars
That the brown boys never found
Well, it seemed like easy money
But things didn't go their way
It was just a simple plan to rob a banjo man
But he wouldn't let go of his Opry pay
Now String said, "You can't have my Opry pay"
They say that nothing's sacred
And now I have seen it all
I read it in this morning's paper
They auctioned off String's overalls
Credits
Writer(s): Guy Clark, Sam Bush, Verlon K Thompson
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