ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - Thursday morning on the Charlie Brennan Show, local stage actor of more than 45 years, Joneal Joplin used his award-winning voice to give a dramatic reading of Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road." It was the performance of a lifetime.
Charlie said it best, "What a wonderful career you've had and we're going to bring it to a screaing hault this morning."
Joplin, who has performed more than 100 shows at STAGES St. Louis, The Muny and The Rep, said he was not familar with the song, which set a world record for 17 weeks as the No. 1 song of Billboard's Hot 100.
This summer, Joplin starred in "1776" at The Muny, which was his 9th production of that show.
Here are the full lyrics to "Old Town Road," if you'd like to follow along:
Yeah, I'm gonna take my horse to the old town roadI'm gonna ride 'til I can't no moreI'm gonna take my horse to the old town roadI'm gonna ride 'til I can't no more (Kio, Kio)
I got the horses in the backHorse tack is attachedHat is matte blackGot the boots that's black to matchRidin' on a horse, haYou can whip your PorscheI been in the valleyYou ain't been up off that porch, now
Can't nobody tell me nothin'You can't tell me nothin'Can't nobody tell me nothin'You can't tell me nothin'
Ridin' on a tractorLean all in my bladderCheated on my babyYou can go and ask herMy life is a movieBull ridin' and boobiesCowboy hat from GucciWrangler on my booty
Can't nobody tell me nothin'You can't tell me nothin'Can't nobody tell me nothin'You can't tell me nothin'
Yeah, I'm gonna take my horse to the old town roadI'm gonna ride 'til I can't no moreI'm gonna take my horse to the old town roadI'm gonna ride 'til I can't no moreI got the