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02 May 11 - 01:53 PM (#3146564) Subject: Lyr Add: MIDNIGHT AT THE OLD SOLDIERS' HOME From: GUEST,Gene There are 3 Video versions on UTUBE One by Erin Hay, one by Stan Cox and one by Casey Dilworth MIDNIGHT AT THE OLD SOLDIERS' HOME Recorded by: Erin Hay Writers: Lonnie Ratliff & Erin Hay He woke up in a cold sweat Now he can't go back to sleep It's that nightmare from Normandy When they stormed the beach In the middle of the night That mem'ry's bright as day The cross that he still bears The debt that he can't pay. He was known as Sergeant Luther Tibbs In June of Forty-Four And he's still haunted by the ones Who fell on that shore For some, the battle's over But for Luther, it lives on In a rockin' chair at midnight At the Old Soldiers' Home. Chorus It's midnight at the Old Soldiers' Home He's sittin there in his rockin' chair Rockin' all alone And chances are he'll still be there at dawn It's Midnight at the Old Soldiers' Home. Some ladies came to visit From the Southern Baptist Church One gave Luther Butterscotch One read a bible verse In the seasons of his life Luther's late into the fall He's known love and he's known friends And he's outlived them all. Chorus TAG: Spoken: He woke up in a cold sweat Now - he - can't - go - back to sleep. (Drum beats fade away) |
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02 May 11 - 02:48 PM (#3146598) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Midnight At The Old Soldier's Home From: Q (Frank Staplin) Luther Tibbs |
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02 May 11 - 02:55 PM (#3146605) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Midnight At The Old Soldier's Home From: Q (Frank Staplin) It's also Luther Tibbs in "The Miner's Prayer," Dwight Yoakum. Also on youtube. |
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02 May 11 - 05:38 PM (#3146706) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Midnight At The Old Soldier's Home From: GUEST,Luther Tibbs I am one of the writers on this song. The name Luther Tibbs was one of my family ancestors. I just always thought it was a cool sounding old timey name so we used it. I never knew him. He was probably born in the 1920's and I think may have been a cousin to my dad. The story is purely fictional Lonnie C. Ratliff NashvilleShowcase@comcast.net |