John Prine (born October 10, 1946 in Maywood, Illinois) is an American country/folk singer/songwriter who has achieved widespread critical (and some commercial) success since the early 1970s. The son of William Prine and Verna Hamm, his grandfather had played guitar with Merle Travis and he started playing guitar himself at 14 years old. He was a postman for 5 years and spent a couple of years in the army before starting his musical career in the Chicago area. He emerged in 1971 with a highly acclaimed debut album titled John Prine. He and friend Steve Goodman (another folk singer/songwriter) had been minor stars in the Chicago folk scene before being "discovered" by Kris Kristofferson.
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Everything Is Cool Lyrics
John Prine
Everything is cool
Everythings okay
Why just before last christmas
My baby went away
Across the sea to an island
While the bridges brightly burn
So far away from my land
The valley of the unconcerned
I was walking down the road, man
Just looking at my shoes
When God sent me an angel
Just to chase away my blues
I saw a hundred thousand blackbirds
Just flying thru the sky
And they seemed to form a teardrop
From a black haired angels eye
That tear fell all around me
And it washed my sins away
Now everything is cool
Everythings okay
Everything is cool
Everythings okay
Why just before last christmas
My baby went away
And I find it real surprising
For myself to hear me say
That everything is cool
Everythings okay
Everything is cool
Everythings okay
Why just before last christmas
My baby went away.