VERBAL PORTRAITURE-GENE THOMAS

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SONG FOR, OF AND ABOUT GENE
WORDS BORROWED FROM MICKY NEWBERRY, DEBBIE G., GENE THOMAS AND MY HEART

YEARS OF HARD LIVIN HAVE TAKEN ITS TOLL
HIS YOUTHFUL AMBITION, HE'S WATCHIN IT GO
NEARING THE END WONDERING WHERE IT BEGAN
BOTH COMPLEX AND SIMPLE, THIS WISE GENTLE MAN
BOTH COMPLEX AND SIMPLE, THIS WISE GENTLE MAN

HE GRINS AT RECALLING A MUCH YOUNGER AGE
HIS VOICE WOULD ASTOUND THEM FROM UP ON THE STAGE
"HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THAT EAST TEXAS BOY THEY WOULD SAY'
HE WRITES WITH A WISDOM NOT FOUND MUCH THESE DAYS
HE SINGS WITH A TOUCH, NOT FOUND MUCH THESE DAYS
CHORUS:
HE HAS A GREAT LOVE FOR THE EARTH WHERE HE STANDS
HIS SORROW IS DESRESPECT SHOWN HER BY MAN
BURDENED BY ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HE'S LEARNED
ALONE IN HIS WORLD, HE'S DEEPLY, SO DEEPLY CONCERNED

ONCE THERE WERE LADIES SO EASILY CHARMED
COPY OF THE PROPHET TUCKED UP UNDER HIS ARM
TAKEN BY LOVE IN HIS HEART AND HIS EYES
HELD BY THE BEAUTIFUL INSIDE HIS MIND
THEY WERE HELD BY THE BEAUTIFUL INSIDE HIS MIND

CHORUS:

HUNDREDS OF ARTISTS HAVE RECORDED HIS SONGS
MAY BE A HUNDRED MORE BEFORE ITS ALL DONE
SOME OF THE BEST HAVE SANG HIS LIFE AND HIS STORY
NONE SOUNDED AS GOOD AS THAT EAST TEXAS BOY
NONE SANG THEM AS GOOD AS THAT EAST TEXAS BOY

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