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Old Doc Brown
5
Country
Old Doc Brown was released on February 17, 2025 by Clover Records as a part of the album Country Style - 20 Classic Country Songs
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Release DateFebruary 17, 2025
LabelClover Records
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM67

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Billy McFarland
Billy McFarland
Lead Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Red Foley
Red Foley
Composer, Lyrics
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Cel Fay
Cel Fay
Producer

Lyrics

He was just an old country doctor
In a little country town
Though fame and fortune passed him by
We never saw him frown
As day by day in his kindly way
He served his one and all
Many a patient forgot to pay
Although Doc's fees were small
Though he needed his dimes
And there were times
That he'd receive a fee
He'd pass it on to some poor soul
Who needed it worse than he
He had to sell his furniture
Couldn't pay his office rent
So to a dusty room over a livery stable
Doc Brown and his satchel went
And on the hitching post at the curb below
To advertise his wares
Doc nailed a little wooden sign that read
"Doc Brown has moved upstairs"
One day he didn't answer
When they knocked upon his door
Doc Brown was lying down
But his soul was no more
They found him there in his old black suit
On his face was a smile of content
But all the money they could find on him
Was a quarter and a copper cent
So they opened up his ledger
And what they saw gave their hearts a pull
Beside each debtor's name old Doc had writ the words
"Paid in full"
Old Doc should have had a funeral
Fine enough for a king
It's a ghastly joke
Our town was broke
And no one could give a thing
'Cept Jones the undertaker
He did mighty well
Donating an old iron casket
He'd never been able to sell
And the funeral procession
It wasn't much
For grace and pomp and style
But those wagon loads of mourners
They stretched for more than a mile
We wanted to give him a monument
Kind of figured we owed him one
Cause he'd made our town a better place
For all the good he'd done
So we pulled up that old hitching post
Where Doc had nailed his sign
We painted it white
And to all of us
It certainly did look fine
Now the rains and the snows have washed away
Our white trimmings and paint
There ain't nothing left but Doc's own sign
And that's getting pretty faint
But you can still see that old hitching post
As if in answer to our prayer
Mutely telling the whole wide world
Doc Brown has moved upstairs
Written by: Red Foley
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