My new country song with Greg Dale “Country Trailer Love Song”

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CREDITS:
SONGWRITING:
Words, music, concept: Michael W. Dean.
Words and music: Greg Dale.

PICKIN’ AND GRINNIN’;
Michael W. Dean:
Lead vocal on “trailer” part, harmony vocal on first part. Piano, electric piano, organ, bass guitar, drums, Taurus bass, incidental electric guitar on “Iggy Pop” chord and 3 harmony notes at very end. Chimes (just 4 places in song.)

Michael did recording / engineering on Michael’s parts, plus final mixing and mastering.
https://biptunia.bandcamp.com

Greg Dale: Words and Music.
Electric and acoustic guitars. Lead vocal on first part, harmony vocal on “trailer” part.

Greg did recording / engineering on Greg’s parts.
https://gregdale.bandcamp.com

That song has drums, bass guitar, synth bass, 3 tracks of electric guitar, 2 tracks of acoustic guitar, two tracks of piano, two tracks of organ, and each of us doing 3 tracks of vocals.

Fun fact; Krist Novoselic was going to play accordion on this but he got too busy. “Cousin Krist” is mentioned in the song though.

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LYRICS AND CHORDS:

Well, Nancy and Billy they were friends

from Whisperin’ Hills Trailer Park

way back when

It wasn’t ideal … living amongst them many wheels

You got what you got.

It was good enough for Iggy Pop

 

Well some things move and some things stay same..

In Whispering Hills it’s always been that way

 

Sometimes it’s the trailer,

and sometimes it’s the park

You’re clutching your light walking in the dark

 

Nancy and Billy well they kept their spark

in the Whisperin’ Hills Trailer Park

 

When they turned 19 they cashed in on their dreams…

they tied them knots and they bought cheap rings

Moved out on their own

to a nice used trailer home

Straight as the crow flies

40 miles from their past lives

 

It’s a doublewide Gentry,

born from the second hand

and it’s all paid off on 5 acres of good land.

 

Sometimes you get what you get

then you dig right in and make the most of it

Planting our future on our own plot

who says you can’t take the trailer out of the park

 

Billy got a good job digging wells all around the county

dug one of his own, two-hundred feet from the Gentry

Nancy keeps the house, soon the baby will arrive

Cousin Krist helps out when he stops on by

 

OUTRO / END CHORUS:

The problem ain’t the trailer it’s the park

It’s hard to find your way with through people crowded in the dark

The problem ain’t the trailer it’s the park.

You need your land around your home to grow the spark

 

The problem ain’t the trailer it’s the park

It’s hard to find your way with people screaming in the dark

The problem ain’t the trailer it’s the park.

You need your space around your life to build your ark

 

The problem ain’t the trailer it’s the park

It’s hard to know with too many people livin’ in your pockets

The problem ain’t the trailer it’s the park.

You need room around your life to hold her heart

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CHORDS:

GREG PART:

Em  G D (etc etc)

 

A sus2  C  Em G

A sus2  C  Em G

Em G Em G

 

Greg Middle 8:

F   C   G.

Bridge:

Em  G   D   Asus2

 

MWD outro:

C G F (over and over)