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Thread #85609 Message #1586770
Posted By: 12-stringer
20-Oct-05 - 01:48 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/Add: Play One More (Ian & Sylvia)
Subject: Lyr Add: PLAY ONE MORE (Ian Tyson)
I could only remember the first half of most of the verses! I don't think I've heard or played this since the 70s. However, these lyrics refresh my memory quite well, so here's a few corrections, informed by the sheet music more than by the diction on the record:
Play One More (Words and Music by Ian Tyson)
Play one more, and then I'm leavin', boys Pick one more, let the guitar dream. [ring] I can't tell you to hold (?), for I do believe [I can't tarry here too long, for I do believe] She being high-strung like a swallow on the wing, She may be gone.
Oh, this smoky, laughing room just seems to ease my mind Not to mention the few too many that I've had, So I pack my guitar up, for I do believe, She being high-strung and lately feeling bad, She may be gone.
Hmmm, Hmmm, hmmmm.
We ain't been getting' along for a month or more, Yes, I might be better off if she just goes But to get home with a dog-tired and empty room [But to get home with the dawn and find an empty room] Could I stand the pain, I really don't think so.
So play one more, and then I'm leavin', boys Pick one more, let the guitar dream (???) I can't tell you to hold (?), for I do believe She being high-strung like a swallow on the wing, She may be gone. [same as first verse]