Everyday's Been Sunday

DeFord Bailey's my name, you know

Folks heard me on the radio

Long, long time ago – in my prime

"Harmonica Wizard", that's what they called me

A member of the Grand Ole Opry –

'Though I've come a hard way

Everyday's been Sunday with me

I was like a microphone – way I'd pick up sounds

An' make 'em my own –

In Davidson County – growin' up on the farm

I could sound like a train whistlin' down the track

Make it sound so real, make you jump back

'Though I've come a hard way

Everyday's been Sunday with me

I've been gone since '82

Still, I thought I'd send this song to you

From the other side – you know it's not that far away

People came from miles around

Just to hear me blow my harp when I hit their town

History books tell only half the story

Leavin' out half of the people's glory

So, I reckon it's time to share some of mine

I was a star of that Grand Ole Opry

I didn't look like the rest, but that didn't stop me

'Though I've come a hard way

Everyday's been Sunday with me

I played with Roy Acuff an' all the rest

Bill Monroe claimed I was the best

Blues harmonica-player of any man

I never grew tall, but I stood proud

Proud as those times allowed

'Though I've come a hard way

Everyday's been Sunday with me

I liked Uncle Dave Macon right from the start

A good banjo man with a bog ol' heart

Had a real funny side – knew how to work a crowd

Now the Delmore Brothers treated me like kin

On the road we stuck together through thick an' thin

'Though I've come a hard way

Everyday's been Sunday with me

On the radio people can't see your face

So, I guess plenty people never knew my race

I reckon that fact worked in my favour

You see, a harp's not black an' a harp's not white

It just makes good music if you play it right

'Though I've come a hard way

Everyday's been Sunday with me

One day they might elect me to the Hall Of Fame

If they doe or if they don't, it's all the same

'Though I've come a hard way

Everyday's been Sunday with me