Victrola

I remember the first moment when I lay the needle down

And I watched the vinyl spinning I saw my world turn around

There were colors flying from the speakers there were stories from a far

And I knew from that moment I'd spend my life with this guitar

It was magic in the making when they played in New Orleans

In a holed up bar in the quarter they turned the blues into delta dreams

When I heard Louis when I heard Clifton My god I thought that I would die

A green kid from the city found a world that lifted him to the sky

Let me tell you about this victrola it might have come from a store down the street

But I know that inside this spinning machine there was a soul delivered to me

And every record that set my soul free

Muddy Waters was a doctor to everyone of us who touched a string

Elmore James made the sky cry

And Joseph Spence made it sing

I fell in love with the country blues I fell in love with a guitar

I found a love in the sound of music

That victrola was my shining star

So remember don't pick up the tempo play it easy just take the time

Cause once you let it take you over there's no piece of heaven you can't find

I remember the first moment when I lay the needle down

And I watched the vinyl spinning

I saw my world turn around

That victrola turned my life around