Songman

Songman, sing your song until the morning comes

I can listen as long as you can play

Songman, can you teach me how you make someone feel good

I think I'll have a song or two that I might wanna sing like you someday

When I was young he'd come around from time to time

He could make that old piano ring

I remember how my daddy smiled a certain kind of smile

With every song his little friend would sing

Songman, sing your song until the morning comes

I can listen as long as you can play

Songman, can you teach me how you make someone feel good

I think I'll have a song or two that I might wanna sing like you someday

He'd sit there in the parlor with a twinkle in his eyes

Laughing as he'd have a taste or two

Then all of us would gather round and listen

As he'd play us every song we ever knew

He'd sing of old times in simple rhymes he'd sing of ladies fair

One song always made my mama cry

But with every tune he filled the room with cowboys, clowns, or kings

You could almost touch them if you tried

Songman, sing your song until the morning comes

I can listen as long as you can play

Songman, can you teach me how you make someone feel good

I think I'll have a song or two that I might wanna sing like you someday

I often wondered was he happy all the time

Or did he just play the part

Why he came along and why he always left the same

Did he sing to hide a broken heart

Those days are gone forever

But some things remain the same

Though he and his songs have both gone out of style

Beneath it all no matter what you think you see

I'm just a songman tryin' to make you smile

Songman, sing your song until the morning comes

I can listen as long as you can play

Songman, can you teach me how you make someone feel good

I think I'll have a song or two that I might wanna sing like you someday