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Who Sez?
Hal Newman

1st verse: They say that Music City is a country town
That New York and L.A. have got the rock nailed down
Now I hate to have to open my meddlin' mouth
But that rock they are rollin' came from down in the South

Chorus: Who sez - we can't rock and roll in Nashville?
Who sez - we can't cut no R&B here?
Who cares - what who sez anyway
We're gonna keep rockin' til the break of day.

2nd verse: Well, I tried to sound country in a Nashville bar
I even traded my horns for a steel guitar
But I never felt natural crossin' over the line
So I finally gave up tryin'.

(Chorus)

3rd verse: Lately I been hearin' down on Music Row
All the bands with they plans for they Rock and Roll
I'm not gonna be the one to spoil their fun
But this war we're wagin' has just begun

C.&P. 1987, Windy Holler Music, ASCAP

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from Rock​-​N​-​Roll Mountain, track released July 22, 1987

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Hal Newman and The Mystics of Time Nashville, Tennessee

Hal Newman is principal writer and front man for The Mystics of Time, the brassy horn band he founded in 1985 in Nashville. They have performed their fabulous amalgam of Gulf Coast Rock and Roll Rhythm and Blues all over the Southeast and as far north as Minnesota and south to Universal City, Orlando. ... more

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