Straight and True Songtext
von Stan Rogers

At Lincoln Center, Africa weather brought a taste of sea
And I was back in Nova Scotia and all my friends were there with me
They were drinking Diamond, singing Carter
And passing them from mouth to mouth
It sounded like goodbye and I knew that
I was headed south, the bitter south

In my uncle′s kitchen the songs are
Bitchin' on some Hank Williams blues
And I can hear my cousins′ voices
Singing the very best that they can do
And it doesn't matter what we're drinking
The ocean brings the flavor through
And if none of this is fancy, the love is
Always straight and true, straight and true


There′s something about it, I can′t live without the coast
The rhythmic ocean, the clean wholesome motion of
Most of my friends, they're swaying by the trees singing of the sea

Now, city streets, they can′t hold me when I'm most alone
Going on home

I think I′m ready, my hands are steady
Though that's something I′ve not always known
And even if the west rejects me, there's someplace I hold for my own
And I soon will be there, do I love it?
Yes, I guess that you could say I do
'Cause I′ll be pickin′ with my people where the
Music's always straight and true, straight and true

There′s something about it, I can't live without the coast
The rhythmic ocean, the clean wholesome motion of
Most of my friends, they′re swaying by the trees singing of the sea
Now, city streets, they can't hold me when I′m most alone

I'm going on home