From A Hero Never Learns (2009)
Dust Off the Dulcimer (One More Time)
Butterscotch in a candy bowl Sticky peppermint and a Tootsie Roll Doily protects the table there Plastic covers on all his chairs
Grandpa dust off the dulcimer one more time, one more time Grandpa dust off the dulcimer one more time You can’t keep it to yourself, can’t keep it on that shelf Got to dust off the dulcimer one more time
Wilford Brimley on a TV there He sold grandpa a scooter chair Refrigerator full of ol’ Schlitz beer Grandpa used to be an auctioneer
Grandpa dust off the dulcimer one more time, one more time Grandpa dust off the dulcimer one more time You can’t keep it on a shelf, you can’t keep it to yourself Got to dust off the dulcimer one more time
Guess I didn’t inherit that old man’s hands I can’t play an instrument worth a damn Now the house is dark at eight PM He’s taking off his slippers getting all tucked in
Grandpa dust off the dulcimer one more time, one more time Grandpa dust off the dulcimer one more time You can’t keep it on a shelf, you can’t keep it to yourself Got to dust off the dulcimer one more time
SOLO
Driving in I passed the fishing hole Grandpa’s gone but I saw his pole His jumpsuit’s on a hanger there Thought I heard a dulcimer ringing in the air
Grandpa dust off the dulcimer one more time, one more time Grandpa dust off the dulcimer one more time You can’t keep it on a shelf, you can’t keep it to yourself Got to dust off the dulcimer one more time
You can’t keep it on a shelf, don’t keep it to yourself Grandpa dust off the dulcimer one more time
Recordings
A Hero Never Learns (2009) · sung by Brandon Wayne Akins · 3:20
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