Good Examples of Bad Examples

10 weeks ago by @jeff9 · @mctown · @vaughan

Liner Notes

#country #country #country
The prolific Graham/Daniel brotherhood occasionally invite me into the tent to work on one of their country type pieces, most of which would probably be instant classics in the hands of a real Nashville artist and studio. I just try to give them an amateur's take on one way their stuff might sound whenever I get the chance. They deserve better, but here goes...

Late breaking edit here: I take responsibility for adding "Johnny" to @vaughan and @mctown's list of bad examples the chorus of the lyric, just because I thought it would help with the flow of the line in the music I came up with. As @billwhite51 notes, Johnny Cash maybe doesn't deserve to be considered as nearly a bad example as the others (After all, he only performed at a prison. He wasn't an inmate). So, I'm now retroactively claiming that it refers to Johnny Paycheck instead and I hope the lyric authors will forgive me.

Lyrics

Good Examples Of Bad Examples
Music - Jeff Walker
Lyric - Graham/Daniel

They all sang songs we could relate to
About home, faith, love and family
They invented a world we could escape to
Where three chords and the truth could set us free

  And they made big mistakes 
  Once they got off the stage
  But they made 'em where everyone could see

Chorus:
They were good examples
Of bad examples
They did a whole lot more than sing and play
They were good examples
Of bad examples
Waylon, George, Johnny, Hank & Merle
Warned us…not to live their way

verse 2:
They weren't what some would call good husbands
Most of their time was spent on the road
They had wild parties on their tour buses
And sometimes they'd cancel their own shows

  They knew that kind of life
  Was alot more wrong than right
  And they wanted us to know

  repeat chorus:

bridge:
They were human, and they were flawed..they loved and they fought
They sang and they played.. but the world around them wouldn't stop

repeat chorus:

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