Virgil Brown Music

Lyrics

Almost Famous in Alberta
Copyright 2013 Virgil Brown Music


I’m gonna cut to the chase
Picture me and jack velker
The Chrysler was a ‘62
It was February and the roads were scary
But we had some gigs to to
Drivin 4000 pounds of tailored steel
Full of guitars and a Hammond in the trunk
Just about then I realized
I bit off a mighty big chunk

But I was almost famous in Alberta
And that’s good enough for me
Almost famous in Alberta
It’s a suitable summary
I had the admiration of the local station
For a guitar guy like me
I was almost famous in Alberta
and that’s good enough for me

We had just enough dough to take off and go
Greg and Jim were stuck ridin’ in the truck
With a combined age of almost 200
Just a four piece lookin for luck
Alberta you took us in like a long lost kin
almost each and every mile of the way
And if anybody says
Boy what you done lately
It would be my pleasure to say

I was almost famous in Alberta, etc

Jack Velker was a mystery
I could never really know
As Alberta unrolled before us
I felt our friendship grow
He played the Hammond organ
like a circus come to town
I wish old Jack was still with us
I’d give anything to hear that sound

The Midlife Chrysler was an Imperial Crown
South Hampton now you know
A blue ghost from another time
Like a silent cloud she’d roll
I sold my coffee shop just to buy her and hire
The funky old Vultures of soul
Keep it tight make it cool was our only rule
And when they showed up it really showed

When I was almost famous in Alberta
that’s good enough for me
Almost famous in Alberta
It’s a suitable summary
I had the admiration of the local station
For a guitar guy like me
I was almost famous in Alberta
and that’s good enough for me