Lyrics:

Writer(s): John R Cash

[Johnny Cash]
Hey Babe, do you remember,
Back in nineteen sixty-nine?
We gathered round the room.
You sang yours and I sang mine.
We took turns with the guitar,
In the front and center seat.
Shel and Kris and Dylan,
And a couple off the street.
Joni Mitchell cried on, 'Both Sides Now.'
We sang songs that made a difference.
And we can again somehow.

Everybody knew that this,
Was quite a special night.
[Willie Nelson]
Graham Nash was nervous,
In the hot seat, in the light.
[Kris Kristofferson]
Joe South was total magic,
And we all walked in his shoes.
[Waylon Jennings]
Orbison and Rabbitt cried,
And they rocked the country blues.
[Johnny Cash]
Mickey Newbury's, 'San Francisco Mabel Joy.'
We sang songs that made a difference.
June was pregnant with my boy.

[Waylon Jennings]
Oh, I could make a livin',
Drivin' nails or drivin' trucks.
Sleep beneath the bridge,
Or in the streets, down on my luck.
[Willie Nelson]
I'd stand the cold and hunger,
If they'd let me hear the songs.
Everybody write one,
That us bums can sing along.
[Kris Kristofferson]
Keep it from the heart and down to earth,
Sing the songs that make a difference.
Give us all our money's worth.

[Johnny Cash]
Hey, Keep it from the heart and down to earth.
Sing the songs that make a difference.
Give us all our money's worth.