Aaron Tippin - Mission From Hank lyrics

(don schlitz/thom schuyler) There was a brand new stranger at the old bus station He said music city is my destination He said the whole wide world And you can take that to the bank I I I He got a furnished room and a job at the market He kept a little notebook in his back pocket And every time you And he would never leave one piece blank (he I I I He sang when no one would listen So he sang until they hung on every word Ah then one day his phone started ringing They said we want you and the songs you And the kid said fine, just give me some time To talk to my patron saint (you see) I I I (yes sir,) that night as he laid in the darkness Ol?luke the drifter came to him and said Oh now here You sing from the heart and you But if anybody tries to change you Into something that you ain I I I I I I