[Audience applause.]
[Acoustic guitar playing begins:
Steady, semi-rapid finger strumming
reminiscent of water drops
up, and down again; a chord ends each phrase.]
[Nasally vocal] Gonna sing you
an old country song,
from the heart
so I can cry and call you when I'm
sad
[Musical phrase, a bit louder. Then, back under.]
When you have
[holds note] gone,
[holds note] run
so far
from meeee
in the trees
so far.
[Gentle guitar]
Walking down that old
country lane,
drops of rain
call upon the ones whooo
call your name.
[Guitar picks up]
Will I see you again
and please just
[holds note] come
on back home
to meeeee
so I'm not
all alone.
[Quiet guitar]
Gonna sing you an old
country song
from the heart
from the strings of this old
rusty
gui-tar.
[Guitar phrase repeats. Slows. Then, a final note.]
[Audience applauds]