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My Old Man

from Home by Chris Monti

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My Old Man

-words and music © 2011 Chris Monti

My old man keeps fit and trim | Pays good care to the shape he's in | My old man keeps fit and trim, hey now | Me, sometimes I let myself go | I loose track of the morning for the love of the show | Me, sometimes I let myself go | Hey now |

I could learn a thing or two from my old man | I could learn a thing or two from my old man | Hey now |

My old man he's a model of dedication | A good family man as he travels the nation | Keeps his mind on his work and his wife and kids | Keeps and eye on the future when he makes his bids | I've got a good woman for the first time ever | And though my work's got me on the road to wherever | I plan to be as good as my old man |

I've learned a thing or two from my old man | I've learned a thing or two from my old man | Hey now |

Now this ain't to say my old man's a saint | His momma says he is but I say that he ain't | This ain't to say my old man's a saint, oh no | But any troubles between him and me, we try to lay them out in the air to see | Air them in the open breeze |

Me and my old man | Me and my old man | Hey now |

My old man raised me to understand | That I should use my skills to help my fellow man | Well I've grown up to be a picker and singer | Not an academic or some big-time shit-slinger | I'm not always sure that I can understand | How I'm doing any good with a guitar in hand | But at least I'm not a banker or a politician |

Making jokes is all well and good | But a man's still got to do what he knows he should | I'm a writer and a singer and I take my work most seriously |

I made a promise to my old man's old man | When they laid him in the ground I touched his hand | I made a promise to my old man's old man | I said, “Grandpa I promise to do right by you | I'll do all the things a good man should do | But I'll do them in the way I know to be true to who I am” |

Like my old man and his old man | Like my old man and his old man | Hey now |

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from Home, released December 1, 2010
CM on slide, 12-sring guitar, vocals and harmonica

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Chris Monti Providence, Rhode Island

Known for his effortless style and musical curiosity, Chris has immersed himself in West African guitar, dug deep into country-blues and old-time music, and moves seamlessly between diverse styles from Egypt, Peru and India. He has toured the East Coast, Canada and points west. He also enjoys his singular role in the community as a strange combination of entertainer, educator, and magician. ... more

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