Thank You Very Much

Intro (3x) verse 1 I slammed shut the old door I walked across the cold floor Grabbed my banjo from the corner and my fiddle from the bed Tired of being so poor I could eat a dinosaur It’s hard to feel the music when you feel so underfed verse 2 I left down a dark lane I looked through a window pane Saw rich folks sleeping on their satin and their lace Folks who never felt the rain Folks who never jumped a train Folks who never slept on a banjo case Oh, Momma and Dad passed away when I was little Momma left the banjo and Daddy left the fiddle They both left me their Tennessee touch___ And I said thank you very much, very much, very much Interlude verse 3 I headed for a pawn shop I thought I’d make a quick swap I would trade my future for some cash in my pocket Before I got to make my drop Something eerie made me stop And bring that fiddle to my chin like a rocket verse 4 The sound grew like a bad weed And leaped like a swift steed Like a runaway wagon, it went coursing through the air I played it like a done deed I sang like a soul freed I wasn’t poor, I was a millionaire Oh, Momma and Dad passed away when I was little Momma left the banjo and Daddy left the fiddle They both left me their Tennessee touch___ And I said thank you very much, very much, very much Instrumental (3x) Verse 5 Oh, it thundered like a stampede It shook me like a bent reed Like a runaway wagon, it went coursing through the air I played it like a done deed I sang like a soul freed I wasn’t poor, I was a millionaire Oh, Momma and Dad passed away when I was little Momma left the banjo and Daddy left the fiddle They both left me their Tennessee touch___ And I said thank you very much, very much, very much N.C. Thank you very much Outro