Three Verses Lyrics - Confederate Railroad

He had a Martin, I had a fender 

We were thirteen years of age 

Out back in the tool shed 

We were searching for a sound 

Every day all through that summer 

We'd rock 'n' roll 'n' rage 

All the neighbors kept complaining 

But it never slowed us down 

We sang three verses of Dixie 

Can't get no satisfaction 

Rainy day women numbers 12 and 35 

Try a little tenderness 

A whiter shade of pale 

Turn turn turn 

For what it's worth 

And long black veil 

We moved out to California 

Shooting for the stars 

The biggest thing since Elvis 

Nothing could go wrong 

But they took us for all our money 

And everything else we owned 

So we got ourselves some whiskey 

And we drank it all night long 

We sang three verses of Dixie 

Can't get no satisfaction 

Rainy day women 

And a bad moon on the rise 

Try a little tenderness 

A whiter shade of pale 

Turn turn turn 

For what it's worth 

And long black veil 

Oh, he never quite got over it 

And we went our separate ways 

He traded in his music 

For cocaine nights and reckless days 

Still I knew he always wanted 

To make one last journey home 

Near a small white church in the valley 

Beneath a wooden bridge 

Patiently we waited on that cold Alabama ground 

And the preacher he started preaching 

About our life and about out times 

The sun was slowly sinking 

As we laid his body down 

And we sang three verses of Dixie 

What a friend we have in Jesus 

Walk in the garden 

And the old rugged cross 

Try a little tenderness 

A whiter shade of pale 

Turn turn turn 

For what it's worth 

And long black veil 

We sing long black veil 

We sing long black veil