1, 1 and then 4

by Mike Reedy and Stuart Reedy
Copyright 2003-2010

My brother gave me a great idea
He said we could be a success
But we didn't make it in marketing
So we turned in our ties and our vests
We sold all our forms and computers, then
We bought a P.A. and guitars
We set out to be rock 'n' rollers
Thinking that we would be stars
 
We tried all our stuff at the local bars
Needless to say, we went broke
The laughter and jeers from the audience
Sent our rock 'n' roll dreams up in smoke
So we tried our hand at the country sound
'Cause Bluegrass is closer to home
But our style was lacking a certain finesse
We spent our debut night alone
 
So we took the Greyhound to Lexington
To wait for a bus goin' west
While browsing through books in the gift shop there
We found what would be our success
In the back, on a rack by the girlie mags
In a section labelled "How To"
We found a book called "Country Star"
And this is what it said to do:
 
It said, "Sing one, one, and then four
One, one, and then four
One, one, and then four, again"
Then it said, "Five and then one"
 
It's been six months and we're at DollyWood
In Branson we made a big splash
GAC plays all our videos
We're rollin' in mountains of cash
Now we get hounded for autographs
Our bus fleet takes us to our gigs
All our best stuff, it got shot down in flames
Then this simple song made us big
 
It goes, "One, one, and then four
One, one, and then four
One, one, and then four, again"
Then it goes, "Five and then one"
Then it goes, "Five and then one"
"Five one"
"Five one"
"Five one"
"Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive one"
 
 
Fat Mix (lyrics)     Kentucky Jam


all this stuff is copyright 2003-2010 Mike Reedy, Stuart Reedy, or both