(Track #4 from The Road Less Traveled)

I Just Try to Move the Chains

By Frank Meyer

Verse 1
Bill has run a restaurant

For nearly all his life

His kids are grown, they’ve flown the coop

It’s just him and his wife

He’s served both kings and paupers

He as seen it all

The key to happiness for him

Is simply living small.

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He said,

“I used to sit and drink all day

And then I’d drink all night

I used to party hearty with all my friends

‘Til the early morning light

I always went for the touchdown,

The fortune, and the fame

Now when I am on the field

I just try to move the chains.”

Verse 2
Stu is a screen writer

Who scored a few hits on TV

He writes twenty pages every day

For him that is the key

He has to go to L.A.

But he really likes it here

Sharin’ stories with his friends

And sippin’ a few beers

Chorus
Instrumental Break

Verse 3
Geno is an ex-con

Who’s done time for murder 2

He killed the man who stole his wife

And then he paid his dues

Now he has a day job

Hunts and fishes with his friends

He used to be a mighty oak

But he’s a willow now who bends

Chorus

Verse 4
Gretchen owns a bakery

In the middle of the town

Her cookies, pies, and wedding cakes

Are the best that can be found

She was a rich young housewife

But it really cramped her style

She belongs behind a counter

Making all her patrons smile

Chorus
Instrumental Break

Verse 5
Now me, I play this old guitar

In a little two piece band

My lady plays the bass

And most nights that we play are grand

We’ve never won a Grammy

We just play the best we can

The music is a way

Of having good times with our friends

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©2007 Frank Meyer