Story Behind The Song
My wonderful friend Bobby Sweet sacrifices sooo much for his art, his music. I wondered what happens to people like him if when they're long in the tooth, down on their luck, and without the advantages that I've been blessed with. This song was born out o
| Song Length |
4:07 |
Genre |
Folk - Country, Country - General |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Peaceful, Moving |
Subject |
General, Musician |
| Similar Artists |
Shawn Colvin, Bruce Springsteen |
Language |
English |
Lyrics
Bobby was a gentle soul
Who lived his life for rock and roll
With a beat up six-string and a song
And hope that folks would sing along
He had a hit in ?62
But most around here never knew
But Friday nights he?d pack this place
We?d flip quarters in his guitar case, and he?d sing?
CHORUS
What you give comes back around
The man upstairs will never let you down
What you give you will receive
Love and a song is all you need
Now Bobby moved down to Industrial Way
Once his crippled hands refused to play
But that old man?s song would not die
He?d sing as people would stroll on by
He?d sit rocking like a metronome
By that cardboard box that he called home
His voice echoing to my soul
Resounding faith I?d never known
REPEAT CHORUS
BRIDGE
People come and go, touch our lives every day
In times of desperate need, how can we turn our backs and walk away
I?ve lived for years over this lonely bar
Drowning out the noise with my old guitar
Now a smile comes to me, and a familiar song
And Bobby?s right here? singing along