Phil's Guitar
from Journey Home by Tom Smith
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For Phil Knudsen on the occasion of the birth of a new guitar.
lyrics
Phil's Guitar
by Tom Smith, TomSmithMusic.com
Ebony and spruce and walnut
He introduced me to the corner where it stood
My first impression I recall
But it’s just a box made out of wood
Though it was elegant in silence
Like the falling of a star
Chorus:
It’s his heart when he sings
And his touch upon the strings
That give the wings to Phil’s guitar
A simple strum behind a folksong
Upon a box on which three colors play as one
A perfect shape, a perfect union
One voice from black and white and brown
A harmony of form and color
Like a painting by Renoir
But [Chorus]
Bridge:
Is it the sharpened tools that shaped the wood with skill?
Is it the love that paid the bill?
Is it a promise that can never be fulfilled?
I know it can. I know it will.
Now I have come to understand
How a guitar becomes more than assembled wood
As soon as it leaves the craftsman’s hands
It joins a song in brotherhood
It’s like a ‘Golden Rule’ to live by
What we sing is what we are
Final Chorus:
It’s your heart when you sing
And your touch upon the strings
That give the wings to your guitar
by Tom Smith, TomSmithMusic.com
Ebony and spruce and walnut
He introduced me to the corner where it stood
My first impression I recall
But it’s just a box made out of wood
Though it was elegant in silence
Like the falling of a star
Chorus:
It’s his heart when he sings
And his touch upon the strings
That give the wings to Phil’s guitar
A simple strum behind a folksong
Upon a box on which three colors play as one
A perfect shape, a perfect union
One voice from black and white and brown
A harmony of form and color
Like a painting by Renoir
But [Chorus]
Bridge:
Is it the sharpened tools that shaped the wood with skill?
Is it the love that paid the bill?
Is it a promise that can never be fulfilled?
I know it can. I know it will.
Now I have come to understand
How a guitar becomes more than assembled wood
As soon as it leaves the craftsman’s hands
It joins a song in brotherhood
It’s like a ‘Golden Rule’ to live by
What we sing is what we are
Final Chorus:
It’s your heart when you sing
And your touch upon the strings
That give the wings to your guitar
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from Journey Home,
released November 6, 2011
by Tom Smith
(c) 2010, 2011 Peabody Hill Publishing (ASCAP)
Tom Smith: vocals, guitar
Oen Kennedy: vocals
Seth Connelly: vocals, lead guitar, banjo, bass
by Tom Smith
(c) 2010, 2011 Peabody Hill Publishing (ASCAP)
Tom Smith: vocals, guitar
Oen Kennedy: vocals
Seth Connelly: vocals, lead guitar, banjo, bass
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Tom Smith Boston, Massachusetts
“Folk music is still a living tradition that feeds on new songs that speak of people’s wants, needs, struggles and triumphs. Tom Smith is a man who writes songs that seem like they’ve always been there. There are very few songwriters working today that I would call folksingers, but I would call Tom Smith a true folksinger.” – Dave Palmeter, WUMB-FM Boston ... more
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