and you ain't heard of me before, cos' i've only just crawled out of the woodwork!...i'm here...givin' it a go
Bernie Taupin's lyric
to make clear...I have not worked with the Artists / Lyricists named or cited here...I am using their lines / refs in my verses relating to them - I have credited them...
they're GREAT
Shel Silverstein
Sam Cooke Traditional
growin' up our ma played all the songs
the Country and the Elton John's
the Stones, the Quo, the fast the slow
and all the while the dough was low
the only Cash lying around
wasn't the shillin' and wasn't the pound
it was the groans, the woah, the gritty sounds
of A brooding Boy Named Sue
an' with nothing to lose we heard jazz n' blues
the glam rock, disco and boogaloos
the sound of soul eased the grind some days
cos I didn't know much but i could Steal Away
i was a butterfly, free to fly to a better place
n' flying free dries the tears on your face
i'd fly from Tulsa down to the gospel churches
to sing with the songbirds on the Tennessee porches
I put these 2 verses together, to introduce my website, sample lyrics and i to you: whistlemartin.com
...now I'm off to play a bit of harmonica...practising Ed Sheeran's - 'Perfect'
oh..and I ain't got a clue about writing music - only words!
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