Thanks, Sis

It was hangin' in a corner
Like a candy ball and chain
It wasn't nothin' she ever thought about
Didn't know it was gone the day she moved out
In my hand if I pointed it just right
You oughta heard what come to me at night
On that little transistor
My big sister's radio

Well it couldn't hold a candle
To a modern stereo
It only had one speaker
Only had one dial
Oh that radio used to make me smile gettin'
So many DJs from so far away
You oughta heard the records they would play
On that little transistor
My big sister's radio

My big sister's transistor radio
Had a song for my heart and a song for my soul
One for my heart aches
One for my tears
Every song was music to that young boy's ears

Memphis and New Orleans
Only half a turn away
900 miles just turning that dial
And the music would start to play
I heard that old soul rock and roll
Funky rhythm and blues
Man I din't know what I was getting into
On that little transistor
My big sister's radio

My big sister's transistor radio
Had a song for my heart and a song for my soul
One for my heart aches
One for my tears
Every song was music to that young boy's ears

Now I'm grown and I long for those nights
In the corner by the bedroom light
Laughin' and a' singin'
Dancin' in my drawers
Spinnin that dial 'til my fingers got sore
All those DJs I wished I could call
Looking back I know I owe it all
To that little transistor
My big sister's radio
It was a little transistor
My big sister's radio
It was a little transistor
My big sister's radio

Mike Shermer    My Big Sister's Radio