RECORD TIME (33, 45, 78) written by Steve Key Performed by Kathy Mattea on "Lonesome Standard Time" Capo 3 G I'm spinning like an old turntable C Em D Three speeds, going nowhere fast G I hesitate at the door to the future C Em D Holding on to my bittersweet past Em D G Me and all of the percolators Em D G Me and all of the rotary phones Em D G Me and all of my vinyl records C Em Am Warped and scratched and out of date C Em D G 33, 45, 78 G I got friends from the old hometown C Em D We used to work at the hometown news G They got houses in a couple of cities C Em D I'm still singing those hometown blues Em D G Me and all of the drive-in movies Em D G Me and all of the afternoon papers Em D G Me and the free-form radio C Em Am Fading in and out of date -- C Em D G 33, 45, 78 Em D G Em I hear talk about a great depression D G Em I hear the drums of the war machine D G I wonder if I'm stuck in the past Am D Or if it all repeats, just like a CD G I'm following the railroad line C Em D Another job in an - other town G I skip around in record time C Em D And try not to notice the candle burn down Em D G Me and all of the Rust Belt workers Em D G Me and all of the hot type printers Em D G Me and all of the family farms C Em Am Auctioned off and out of date -- C Em D G 33, 45, 78 Em D G Em oh-oh, the percolator D G Em Oh-oh, the rotary phone D G All of my vinyl records C Em Am Warped and scratched and out of date -- C Em D G 33, 45, 78 C Em D G 33, 45, 78