The Great American Novel

Lyrics: Bill Laymon
Music: Bill Laymon

Played by the David Nelson Band in the early 2000s.

I've always been a rover
But now the time is over
To research that great American novel
In my head

Now I've seen a lot of things
And the strangest that time brings
Are the ageing wisdom and sadness
Instead

Now I've always seemed
To more than just get by
And dig all the adventures and the fray
And all along
It seemed to be part of the fun
But now it's time to write the play

I've hung with some grifters
And the continental drifters
And the great Canadian picker
That they called Ray

I've known the wild and wiley
Like old Jacob B Riley
He's the best I ever knew
And he fell dead

Now I've always seemed
To more than just get by
And dig all the adventures and the fray
And all along
It seemed to be part of the fun
But now it's time to write the play

Now don't bum through our heroes
And big stars who were zeroes
The great institutions that disappear
With the sand

I've always been a rover
But now the time is over
To research that great American novel
In my head
The great American novel
In my head

 


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