Ry Cooder - Bill Callahan

Ry Cooder

He’s a real straight shooter

Is that Ry Cooder?

So laid back and exact in his attack of the discipline

Like a cat I wonder what bag he’s next going to get in

He’s a real shapeshifter

Better Call Him Mister

Ooh, Mister Cooder?

English Rocker’s all the money goes right up their nose

Or ride your smiles and tries to ignore the difficult yoga pose

He’s a real straight spiner

Gold song 49er

He freed Cuba with a Buena Vista

Him and them, and it turned me on to old Kim Sinh

And remember those lakes he played on Chicken Skin

Now imagine him laying a part down right here where the song grows thin

Drawing all the listeners who tuned out right back in

He’s a real sidekicker

And a mighty good leader

In and out of so many bags

A recent mandolin with bluegrass Ricky Skaggs