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Me and all of the percolators Me and all of the rotary phones Me and all of my vinyl records Warped and scratched and out of date 33, 45, 78 I got friends from the old hometown We used to work at the hometown news They got houses in a couple of cities I'm still singing those hometown blues Me and all of the drive-in movies Me and all of the afternoon papers Me and the free-form radio Fading in and out of date -- 33, 45, 78 I hear talk about a great depression I hear the drums of the war machine I wonder if I'm stuck in the past Or if it all repeats, just like a CD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and all of the Rust Belt workers Me and all of the hot type printers Me and all of the family farms Auctioned off and out of date -- 33, 45, 78 oh-oh, the percolator Oh-oh, the rotary phone All of my vinyl records Warped and scratched and out of date -- 33, 45, 78 33, 45, 78