All of the Above

[couchgrouch]

All of the AboveI remember the quizzesthat mean old Mrs. Pritchard gave in historylookin' back now it still beats mehow I passed without a cheat sheetcos that stuff was a mystery Washington, Adams and Lincolncheck A,B,C or DI'd sprain my brain-a-thinkin'cos the best one to me was all of the aboveI just couldn't decidewhen something's that seriousev'ry answer seemed rightI'm just a simple guyand that makes choosing toughbut how can you go wrongwith all of the abovethis suit stopped me on the sidewalkand asked me if I'd talk about things in the newswith strains common men are underwas I concerned about crime or hungerhe was taking a poll on our viewshe asked which of those conditionsI'd like solved todayI said if you're talkin' about wishin'then with the taxes I payall of the aboveI just couldn't decidewhen something's that seriousev'ry answer seemed rightI'm just a simple guyand that makes choosing toughbut how can you go wrongwith all of the aboveI parked my chopped out Harleyoutside of Bud Time Charlie's and ordered a brewwe talked about old singersdrifters, rebels and dreamersJohnny, Waylon and Keith Whitley, tooblue smoke hung like lonesome ghostsCharlie asked who I missed the mosttear in my Bud I looked up and raised a toastto all of the aboveI just couldn't decidewhen something's that seriousev'ry answer seemed rightI'm just a simple guyand that makes choosing toughbut how can you go wrongwith all of the above(c)2005 Robert George