Country Revival

It simply can't be true

Happened right before my eyes

I just saw it on the news

Real Country music in the limelight

They're calling it the country revival

Music to my ears

So I can turn on the radio

And hear the tellers that bring me to tears

They're playing up the roads of red dirt

& the Appalachian trail

I heard there's even been a skyrocket in

Cowboy boot sales

They're calling it the country revival

Heavy, soft, or slow

Easy listening for a lazy afternoon

In the indigo

I hear the speakers swell

Hardwood creaking under my feet

An old guitar strums the tunes

Those steel caps keepin' the beat

Gibson J-45

Or Martin, don't matter to me

Spilling out of ghost town saloons

There's sold out shows on every marquee

They're calling it the country revival

Mountain fresh air

On the dark & stormy evenings

There are stories to reveal

They're calling up the ramblers and riders

On the gritty lane to longing

That homegrown kind of heartache

Tunes for the sad folk

They're singing on the likes of Johnny

& The highwaymen

I thank god everyday we've still got

Mrs. Dolly Parton

I could go on

But the list of names

Started running off the page

I'm ready for

The country revival

Save me a seat

I know there's gonna be some packed out shows

At the Grand Ole Opry