Lyrics

"RADIO TOWER"
(Stew Hooey)


I WAS BORN IN THE SUBURB OF A BIG NORTHERN TOWN,
WITH AN EYE TO THE LIGHTS, BUT MY EAR TO THE GROUND-
WHEN I FIRST HEARD THE WAIL OF THAT HIGH, LONESOME SOUND,
IT WAS 400 MILES AWAY
WITH THE STREETS IN DARKNESS, AND THE CLOUDS JUST RIGHT,
I'D TURN THAT DIAL AND PRAY-

RADIO TOWER, DON'T FAIL ME TONIGHT-
IT'S BEEN A LONELY, COLD HARD WINTER;
AND WHILE THE LOCAL SIGNAL'S CLEAR AND BRIGHT,
YOU SEND A LOVE MUCH HIGHER, RADIO TOWER

BY THE END OF NOVEMBER AT THIS HIGH LATITUDE,
THERE'S A WET KINDA COLD THAT JUST CUTS RIGHT THROUGH YOU-
BUT I'D FIND MY DELIVERY IN THE WARM SOLITUDE
OF AN OLD SMOKEY MOUNTAIN TUNE-
WITH A MAKESHIFT BANJO, UNDER PALE MOONLIGHT,
I'D SPIN THAT DIAL AND PRAY-

RADIO TOWER, DON'T FAIL ME TONIGHT-
IT'S BEEN A LONELY, COLD HARD WINTER;
AND WHILE THE LOCAL SIGNAL'S CLEAR AND BRIGHT,
YOU SEND A LOVE MUCH HIGHER, RADIO TOWER

IT'S BEEN TWENTY ODD YEARS SINCE I LAST HEARD THE SOUND,
OF A HANK SNOW YODAL WITH STATIC ALL AROUND-
I GOT A BIG STACK OF RECORDS THAT MY GRANDADDY FOUND,
AND I PLAY 'EM MOST EVERY DAY-
BUT WITH THE STREETS IN DARKNESS AND THE CLOUDS JUST RIGHT,
I STILL HEAR MYSELF SAY...

RADIO TOWER, DON'T FAIL ME TONIGHT-
IT'S BEEN A LONELY, COLD HARD WINTER;
AND WHILE THE LOCAL SIGNAL'S CLEAR AND BRIGHT,
YOU SEND A LOVE MUCH HIGHER, RADIO TOWER
RADIO TOWER...

I WAS BORN IN THE SUBURB OF A BIG NORTHERN TOWN