When Gentry plays guitar
It's like a song Leon sang long ago
When Gentry plays guitar
The girls at the bar watch him roll away the stone

Pisces apple lady, Delta queen
When he lets down his long brown hair
I wish he belonged to me
But, he don't, He belongs to the song

And the Melody
When Gentry plays guitar
When Gentry sings this song
He's alone inside a glass house

Made of stone
When Gentry sings a song
His Mom and Dad And his sisters all sing along
Sweet home Oklahoma, Prince of peace

When he lets down his long brown hair
I wished he belong to me
But he don't, He belongs to the song and the melody
When Gentry plays guitar

In conversation you will drown
In his deep dark eyes
But salvation is sweet
'Cause he gives you a rose

And you realize
When Gentry plays guitar
It's like a songs Leon sang long ago
When Gentry plays guitar

The girls at the bar watch him roll away the stone
Pisces apple lady, Delta queen
When he lets down his long brown hair
I wish he belonged to me

But, he don't, He belongs to the song
And the Melody
When Gentry plays guitar
He belonged to the melody

When Gentry played guitar
How I wished he belonged to me
But he don't
He belonged to the song and the melody

When Gentry plays guitar


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