Biography:
Steve Forbert (born Samuel Stephen Forbert, December 13, 1954 in Meridian, Mississippi) is an American singer-songwriter. He is best known for his song "Romeo's Tune", which reached No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1980. Forbert's tribute to Jimmie Rodgers, Any Old Time, was nominated for a 2004 Grammy in the best traditional folk category. In 2006, he was inducted into the Mississippi Music Hall of Fame.
Forbert signed a recording contract with Nemperor in 1978, and they released his debut album, Alive on Arrival, that same year.
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It sure was better back then
Steve Forbert
[Verse 1]
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Working on the Georgia Line the live long day
B A E
Ninety nine degrees and only half past May
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Nailing down the metal with the cross time blues
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I had creosote all over my shoes
[Chorus]
E
I hated it, you know, now I find I miss it
B A E
Every time my little pension check rolls in
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Course I had it bad, not as bad as this is
B A E
It sure was better back then
B A E
Yeah It sure was better back then
[Verse 2]
E
Working in the rain beneath surplus tarp
B A E
Foreman in the wagon twanging a sad Jews harp
E
Passing out at night still in my mud caked jeans
B A E
I was living off of berries and beans
[Chorus]
E
I hated it, you know, now I swear I miss it
B A E
Every time I look down on my pale white skin
E
Course I had it bad, not as bad as this is
B A E
It sure was better back then
B A E
It sure was better back then
[Verse 3]
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Well, the cable caught my leg, and, boy, the damn thing bled
B A E
Foreman sewed the muscle up with tarp patch thread
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Sit me by the camp, gonna help the cook clean pans
B A E
And scrub them down with Georgia red sand...
[Chorus]
E
I hated it, you know, now I really I miss it
B A E
Staring in my TV till the broadcast ends
E
Course I had it bad, not as bad as this is
B A E
It sure was better back then
B A E
It sure was better back then
B A E
It sure was better back, one more time,
B A E
It sure was better back then
Steve Forbert
[Verse 1]
E
Working on the Georgia Line the live long day
B A E
Ninety nine degrees and only half past May
E
Nailing down the metal with the cross time blues
B A E
I had creosote all over my shoes
[Chorus]
E
I hated it, you know, now I find I miss it
B A E
Every time my little pension check rolls in
E
Course I had it bad, not as bad as this is
B A E
It sure was better back then
B A E
Yeah It sure was better back then
[Verse 2]
E
Working in the rain beneath surplus tarp
B A E
Foreman in the wagon twanging a sad Jews harp
E
Passing out at night still in my mud caked jeans
B A E
I was living off of berries and beans
[Chorus]
E
I hated it, you know, now I swear I miss it
B A E
Every time I look down on my pale white skin
E
Course I had it bad, not as bad as this is
B A E
It sure was better back then
B A E
It sure was better back then
[Verse 3]
E
Well, the cable caught my leg, and, boy, the damn thing bled
B A E
Foreman sewed the muscle up with tarp patch thread
E
Sit me by the camp, gonna help the cook clean pans
B A E
And scrub them down with Georgia red sand...
[Chorus]
E
I hated it, you know, now I really I miss it
B A E
Staring in my TV till the broadcast ends
E
Course I had it bad, not as bad as this is
B A E
It sure was better back then
B A E
It sure was better back then
B A E
It sure was better back, one more time,
B A E
It sure was better back then
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