Shovels & Rope - Birmingham

^FDelta Mama and a Nickajack Man ^AmRaised their Cumberland daughters in a Tennessee band ^GPlayed Springwater at Station Inn ^FCouldn't play fast, couldn't fit ^Amin

^FCaught a '66 Dodge in Caroline ^AmGot her education on her mama's dime ^GShe was singing in a bar called Comatose ^FHalfway rusted on the salty coa^Amst

^FRock of Ages, ^Fcleave for me ^FLet me h^Fide myse^Amlf in T^Fhee ^FBuried in^F the ^Amsand ^FFive hundred mi^Fles from ^GBirming^Fham

^FRockamount Cowboy in a rock and roll band ^FPlugged his amplifier in all across the l^Amand ^GAthens, Georgia on a friday night ^FSaw that little girl, she could sing al^Amright

^FSpent five years going from town to town ^FWaiting on that little girl to come ar^Amound ^GCaught in the arms of New York City ^FTo lose that gal seemed terrible pi^Amty

^FRock of Ages, c^Fleave for me ^FLet my hea^Frt forg^Amet a ^Fbeat ^FWhy do ^Fyou ^Amdemand ^FCalling me ^Ffrom ^GBirming^Fham

^AmPulled her covered wagon off the BQE ^AmSaid this'll be the last you'll ever see of ^Fme ^AmWell the cowboy laughed said I know it's not true ^AmCause there's nothing I could do to get loose from ^Fyou

^FMade a little money playing in the bars ^FWith two beat up drums and two old gui^Amtars ^FFrom the Crescent City to the Great Salt Lake ^FIt ain't what you got, it's what you ^Ammake

^FWhen the road got rough and the wheels all broke ^AmCouldn't take more then we could tow ^FMaking something out of nothing with a scratcher and our hope ^FWith two old guitars like a shovel and a rop^Fe

^FRock of Ages, cl^Feave for me ^FLet me h^Fide myse^Amlf in Th^Fee ^FNow I u^Fnder^Amstand ^FOn better ^Fterms since ^GBirming^Fham