John Prine And Me
Lyrics And Chords By Brian Kelly (August 2026)
From The Album - West Of The Tracks (2026)
Verse 1
What Would John Prine Write Of Me?
If We Sat And Had A Beer?
If He Saw Me Driving Down The Street?
If I Stopped To Bend His Ear?
Verse 2
What Would John Prine Sing Of Me?
If He Knew Me In My Youth?
If He Met Me On My Wedding Day?
If He Thought My Wife Was Cute?
Bridge
Verse 3
Would He Portray Me With A Beard
Or A Beer Gut O’er My Belt
Focus On My Older Years
Or When I Was Much More Svelte?
Verse 4
Would He Use My Real Name
Or Genericize My Plight
An Irish Transplant Over Seas
Drinking Every Night
Bridge
If The Shoe Was On The Other Foot
Although I Never Met John Prine
Covid Took Him Way Too Soon
Left Us In His Prime
I’d Write About His Simple Words
That Called Out Straight And True
Dressed In Black, Guitar Slung Low
Touched Both Me And You
Verse 5
Of What Adventure Would He Sing
Or Common Human Trait?
What Embellishments Or Facts He’s Choose
To Make His Song Relate
Verse 6
What Would He Think I Thought Of
When I Woke Up That One Sunday
Would He Write A Funny Story
Of The Antics Of That Day
Verse 7
Would He Have Loved To Play Guitar
And Sing Along With Me?
Trading Songs Back And Forth
As We Figured Out The Key
Verse 8
How Would John Prine Sing Of Me?
Would It Be All Dark And Dour?
Or Would He Write A Happy Song
I’d Sing To In The Shower?
Outro
I’d Write About His Simple Words
That Called Out Straight And True
Dressed In Black, Guitar Slung Low
Touched Both Me And You
Dressed In Black, Guitar Slung Low
Touched Both Me And You
