BASSMAN LIKE THE JORDANAIRES
(Words & Music by Dave Sheriff © Stomp Music & Publishing 2005)

WHEN I ARRIVED IN NASHVILLE BACK IN 1999
I CAME ACROSS 4 LEGENDS THAT WERE YOUNG BEFORE MY TIME
YOU CAN HEAR THEIR VOICES SINGIN WITH THE COUNTRY MUSIC STARS
ON A MIL- L -ION HIT RECORDS BET YOU KNOW JUST WHO THEY ARE
EVERYONE OF THEM’S A SINGER THAT’S BEYOND COMPARE
BUT I WISH I HAD A BASSMAN LIKE THE JORDANAIRES

EVERYTIME I HEAR HIM SINGING ALL THOSE NOTES SO DEEP & LONG
TAKES ME BACK TO JIMMY DEAN AND THE TALE OF BIG BAD JOHN
WITH PATSY SINGIN’ ‘CRAZY’ & CONWAY’S ‘MAKE BELIEVE’
MARTY ROBBINS, JOHNNY HORTON, JERRY LEE & JIMMY REEVES
NOT FORGETTING ELVIS – THE ONE WE CALL ‘THE KING’
WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM RAY WE’LL GET THE JOINT JUMPIN’

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I AM THE BASSMAN FROM THE JORDANAIRES
AND I BIN SINGIN’ WITH THE STARS FOR ALL OF THOSE YEARS
HELPING WITH THEIR MUSIC & BASSIN’ UP THEIR SHOW
AND EVERY NOW & THEN I HAVE TO SING DOWN LOW

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NOW I’M GOIN BACK TO BIRMINGHAM WITH MEMORIES IN MIND
OF THE TIME I SPENT IN NASHVILLE & THE FRIENDS I’VE LEFT BEHIND
-- ALL THOSE COUNTRY PICKERS THAT I HAD THE CHANCE TO SEE
SINGIN ON MY RECORD THERE AND PLAYING JUST FOR ME
MY HEAD IS IN THE CLOUDS AND I’M WALKING ON AIR
NOW I’VE GOT MYSELF A BASSMAN FROM THE JORDANAIRES

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I AM THE BASSMAN FROM THE JORDANAIRES
AND I BIN SINGIN’ WITH THE STARS FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS
HELPING WITH THEIR MUSIC & BASSIN’ UP THEIR SHOW
AND EVERY NOW & THEN I HAVE TO SING DOWN LOW

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