Bill Osofsky songs
COOKED JUST RIGHT AND BURNED
(verse)
He walked into a small town diner, took a corner booth
Ordered bacon medium, and two eggs over loose
The owner threw them on the grill and then rejoined his friends
Topped off all their coffees, began to talk again
(chorus)
They had tar-stained teeth
And cut-off sleeves
Caterpillar hats
Thought he'd hear
About trucks and deer(chorus 1)
About guns and beer(chorus 2)
About fishing gear(chorus 3)
It didn't go like that
The griddle went untended, but there's so much he learned
In the time it took between cooked just right and burned
(verse)
One said if he got real sick, well he'd just gladly die
Instead of letting hospitals bleed his family dry
They spoke of country values, of freedom and it's price
They'd give it all for home and God, not think about it twice.
(repeat chorus)
(bridge)
He learned that being educated ain't the same as being smart
And that the most important thoughts we have come right from the heart.
(repeat chorus)
(tag)
The owner said he'd cook some more
He answered "that's okay
You know I got more than I paid for anyway"
Bill Osofsky, BMI, Shelia Quattlebaum, BMI copyright
(verse)
He walked into a small town diner, took a corner booth
Ordered bacon medium, and two eggs over loose
The owner threw them on the grill and then rejoined his friends
Topped off all their coffees, began to talk again
(chorus)
They had tar-stained teeth
And cut-off sleeves
Caterpillar hats
Thought he'd hear
About trucks and deer(chorus 1)
About guns and beer(chorus 2)
About fishing gear(chorus 3)
It didn't go like that
The griddle went untended, but there's so much he learned
In the time it took between cooked just right and burned
(verse)
One said if he got real sick, well he'd just gladly die
Instead of letting hospitals bleed his family dry
They spoke of country values, of freedom and it's price
They'd give it all for home and God, not think about it twice.
(repeat chorus)
(bridge)
He learned that being educated ain't the same as being smart
And that the most important thoughts we have come right from the heart.
(repeat chorus)
(tag)
The owner said he'd cook some more
He answered "that's okay
You know I got more than I paid for anyway"
Bill Osofsky, BMI, Shelia Quattlebaum, BMI copyright
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