Ken Brown - Thank You John

With just three chords and the truth, and the tales of his youth
He'd tell you a story that you could be in
From Muhlenberg County, to the streets of Chicago
He chronicled all life that he was seeing

And he pondered a while, wearing an illegal smile
And he wrote of an angel's escape

And if today's a day, where it's all gone wrong
Just open a bottle and put on an old John Prine song

He told the story of paradise, long after it was gone
He figured out how to measure loneliness
But he was asking you "Why do you run?"

Now he's gone, this Van Gogh of song
To the hill where the angels sang

And if today's a day, where it's all gone wrong
Just open a bottle and put on an old John Prine song

Well, hoping against hope, heard the news I was dreading
Then I thought, what would he say
Yeah, the old fellow's resting, taking a break for a while
Will you finish my song today

As he joins Bill and Leonard
Far from me in the Tower of Song
And if today's the day, where it's all gone wrong
I'll just say thank you, and write my own John Prine song

With just three chords and the truth, and the tales of his youth
He'd tell you a story that you could be in
From Muhlenberg County, to the streets of Chicago
He chronicled all life that he was seeing

And he pondered a while, wearing an illegal smile
And he wrote of an angel's escape

And if today's a day, where it's all gone wrong
Just open a bottle and put on an old John Prine song

And if today's a day, where it's all gone wrong
Just open a bottle and put on an old John Prine song

Written by:
Kenneth Brown

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