You may own a cheap Chinese guitar or an American pre-war one
Wearing sandals, cowboy hat or sparkling rings
You may be twenty and sing the most pure rhythm’n’blues and soul
Or maybe playing avant-garde in your seventies
Maybe you can tell by heart
All the latest trending bands
Or you may only listen to
The good ole kings
Ok here I am with you
I don’t mind what you need if you
Make my soul sing along again
You may travel all around the world once a year or maybe more
Or you may hardly leave the town you’re living in
You may be familiar with the modal scales and use them all
Or maybe you don’t know the name of the note you’re playing
Make a living out of this
Or even be a millionaire
Most of the time you spend your little money
Ok here I am with you
I don’t mind what you need if you
Make my soul sing along again
It’s all right if you only sing barefoot over Persian rugs
If it makes your song ring true
I don’t care what drugs you take or who’s the god that you adore
If it makes your song ring true
I hope my own song rings true
Ok here I am with you
I don’t mind what you need if you
Make my soul sing along again
If you make my soul sing along again
Soulful guitar interplay form the heart of this lovely Americana collaboration from Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 2, 2018