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(Jerry Dycke) One night while I was playin' at place called The Big Still This ole man came up and handed me a dollar bill He said I've got a favorite song please play it if you can It's by Jimmie Rogers that ole singin' brakeman. Well, I said I didn't know the song but he kept buggin' me He said son are you sure cause it was big in '33 I said I'm sorry sir that was before I was around Then that old man said somethin' that really put me down. Beethoven was before my time but I still like his songs Don't you know a good thing just keeps on hangin' on If people liked it way back then well it can't be all wrong Beethoven was before my time but I still like his songs. --- Instrumental --- Well, years have come and gone since that old man passed my way But I've contemplated on the words he had to say Just last night I heard this man a singin' at a bar I asked him for Hank Williams and dropped a dollar in his jar. But he said he didn't know the song that I asked him to do I said son are you sure cause it was big in '52 He said man I'm sorry that was way before my time And I couldn't help but think about that old man's salty line. Beethoven was before my time but I still like his songs Don't you know a good thing just keeps on hangin' on If people liked it way back then well it can't be all wrong Beethoven was before my time but I still like his songs. Beethoven was before my time but I still like his songs... |