The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #92884   Message #1780641
Posted By: Gene
10-Jul-06 - 07:08 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Song Man (from Tanya Tucker)
Subject: REQ: MELODY FOR OLD SONG
requestor wants to know who recorded this song and melody to it.

Songman

On the sidewalks of Savanah, there's an old man ragged and blind
He don't beg and he don't steal and he don't fool with wine
With an old guitar in his wrinkled hands and a thousand songs in his mind
You can't keep your heart from lovin' the The Song Man when you hear him cry

Chorus:
Songman - One song for a dime
I got songs that will make you happy and songs to make you cry
I got a special on "Poor Man Blues", two for the price of one
But it won't cost you a thing to hear me sing my favorite gospel song

Bridge:
Lord, I'm coming home
Lord, I'm coming home
I've been fightin' the devil too long
Lord, I'm coming home

The oldtimers in Savannah have known him all their lives
They all say that he's done seen a hundred years go by
With an old dog he calls Governor John, he starts at the break of dawn
And he don't stop as long as someone wants to hear him sing along

*Repeat Chorus*