Green Onions Lyrics - Green Onions And Other Hits - Booker T. And The Mg's

All right people, the rest of the hard working 

All star blues brothers are gonna be out here in a minute 

Including my little brother Jake 

But right now, I'd like to talk a little bit about thi 

E you're hearing this is of course the green onions tune 

It was a very big hit in the early sixties in this country 

And of course it was composed and recorded in 

Memphis, Tennessee, right here 

E, United States Of America, you know people 

I believe that this tune can be acquainted 

With the great classical music around the world 

Now you go to Germany, you've got your bach 

Your Beethoven, your Brahms 

Here in America you've got your Fred McDowell 

Your Irving Berlin, your Glenn Miller and your Booker T & The M.G.'s 

Ple, another example of the great contributions 

In music and culture that this country 

Has made around the world and as you look around 

The world today, you see this country spurned 

You see backs turned on this country 

Well people, I'm gonna tell you something, 

This continent, North America is the stronghold 

This is where we're gonna make our stand in this decade, yeah 

E, I've got something to say to the state department 

I say take that archaic Monroe doctrine 

And that Marshall plan that says we're supposed 

To police force the world and throw 'em out, let's 

Home for the next ten years people 

Right here in North America 

And enjoy the music and culture that is ours 

Yeah, I got one more thing to say 

I'm just talking about the music, people and what it does to me 

And that is as you look around the world 

You go to the Soviet Union or Great Britain 

Or France, you name it any country, ev 

Dy is doing flips and twists just to get into 

A genuine pair of American blue jeans 

And to hear this music and we got it all here in America 

The land of the Chrysler 440 cubic inch engine