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