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That's the new blog site that connects the Bakersfield Sound, old, with the nu Bako Sound of today and tomorrow.  Welcome to Lyric today, Hear it Tomorrow.  I'm your host, Dr. BLT, and, as Barry Mannilow said in a song he didn't write, "I Write the Songs."

Without further ado, here are the lyrics to If I Only Had a little Eddie Arnold in Me, written this morning, right after I heard the news that Eddie Arnold passed away.

If I Only Had a Little Eddie Arnold in Me

words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008

if I only had a little Eddie Arnold in me

I wouldn't be the underdog

stuck on these bako streets

I'd tour across the country

I'd sail the 7 seas

if I only had a little

Eddie Arnold in me

If I only had his style, his grace

his clean-cut country charm

his elegance

his folksy wit

that shouts

"I'm from the farm"

my stalled career

would take off

I would leave my misery

if I only had a little

Eddie Arnold in me

just a little

not much to ask for

just a tidbit, just a trinket

just a spot, a speck, dear lord

there's only one more thing I need

to set my music free

all I ask is this

just put some

Eddie Arnold, lord, in me

I wish I had a little Eddie Arnold in Me

I was a little bitty boy

when he came on to the scene

I heard the Cattle Call

and wondered

could this really be

If I Only had a little

Eddie Arnold in me

if I only had a little

Eddie Arnold in me