In Memory Of Rusty Carr - Bloodstains On The Banjo

(Tune of It's A Great Day To Be Alive by Travis Tritt)

We got to Booger Holler at the break of day

The crowd got to comin' and we had to play

It's not braggin' I just have to say hey

We was doin' alright

Yeah Rusty was the leader of our whole group

He owned the stage and buddy that's the truth

Until he got hit by the hundred proof no

Then it wasn't alright

And there's bloodstains on the banjo now

I know the band kept playin'

But I don't know how

And there ain't no time to clean up good

Even though we all know that we really should

It's been a few years since Rusty died

The band stayed together just outa spite

Now our future looks really bright yeah

I guess we're doin' alright

Sometimes I wonder if it was me

Would I be buried in Tennessee

That would be my dyin' plea yeah

But it still ain't alright

And there's bloodstains on the banjo now

I know the band kept playin'

But I don't know how

And there ain't no time to clean up good

Even though we all know that we really should

Sometimes it's lonely

With Rusty all bony

And his shadow fills me with gloom

Sometimes I'm shakin'

When the crowd is a drankin'

Hopin' a jug don't doom

Anew

Anew

Well I might just go and see Rusty's tomb

Tell 'im all the things that I've got to do

I'm glad I'm livin' instead of you

And there's bloodstains on the banjo now

I know the band kept playin'

But I don't know how

And there ain't no time to clean up good

Even though we all know that we really should

There's bloodstains on the banjo now

I know the band kept playin'

But I don't know how

And there ain't no time to clean up good

Even though we all know that we really should