[ti:Tune Of A Twenty Dollar Bill] [ar:Joey + Rory] [al:Life Of A Song] [00:-2.00]Joey + Rory - Tune Of A Twenty Dollar Bill [00:-1.00] [00:00.00] [00:21.62]It was the first time ever he saw her [00:25.90]He saw his future in a long white cotton gown [00:30.59]Sittin' there at the church house, she was gonna get baptized [00:35.07]They was gonna have dinner on the grounds [00:39.17] [01:00.54]So the very next Friday, he got off at the sawmill [01:05.36]He slicked his hair back, he had a pocket full of pay [01:09.91]When she opened up the front door, he was grinnin' like a possum [01:14.48]As he handed her a daisy, she heard him say... [01:18.09] [01:19.01]Hey let's go dancin' to the tune of a twenty dollar bill [01:23.88]They've got a fine fiddle band at the barn up on the hill [01:28.76]And by midnight we just might wind up dancin' standin' still [01:33.26]By my Daddy's lanern light, let me walk ya home [01:36.50] [01:58.22]After they got married, it didn't seem like no time [02:02.82]They's a sayin' their goodbye's he's a goin' to the big world war [02:07.61]'Bout a lifetime later, she's a waitin' at the depot [02:11.96]He said I ain't a gonna leave you, no never no more [02:16.03] [02:16.57]Said let's go dancin' to the tune of a twenty dollar bill [02:21.75]They've got a fine fiddle band at the barn up on the hill [02:26.31]And by midnight we just might wind up dancin' standin' still [02:30.93]By my Daddy's lantern light, let me walk ya home [02:34.22] [03:14.18]In front of friends and kinfolk and all of us grandkids [03:18.94]In the same little church house, in a long white cotton gown [03:23.70]He bent down and he kissed her, he said I'm right behind ya honey [03:28.21]It wasn't long 'til we laid him in the ground [03:31.94] [03:32.80]And now they're dancin' to the tune of a twenty dollar bill [03:37.88]They've got a fine fiddle band at the barn up on the hill [03:42.55]And by midnight they just might wind up dancin' standin' still [03:47.12]By the Father's lantern light, they're walkin' home [03:50.45]