Street Singer's Heaven
from Journey Home by Tom Smith
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lyrics
Street Singer's Heaven
by Bob Bovee and Stevie Beck
I’m standing on the corner with this guitar in my hand
I’m just a poor musician in a poor street band
Tryin’ to make a living out of all these songs I’ve sold
Tryin’ to keep my feet warm out here in the cold
Chorus:
When I’m gone (When I’m gone), they’ll talk about my singin’
When I’m gone (When I’m gone), they’ll remember the good old days
I’ll be in heaven (in heaven), with my golden guitar ringin’
Where there’s a crowd on every corner and a hat that’s full always.
I’m tryin’ to keep warm enough just to move these aching fingers
Tryin’ to get two bits from every soul that stops and lingers
If I had a dime from every smile on a passer’s face
I could stack them up to heaven and I’d climb up to that place
[Chorus]
They say that up in heaven street singers do so fine
That you have to walk around the block just to get into the line
To step up to the singer’s hat and drop in dollar bills
And all the streets are heated there to keep away the chill.
[Chorus]
by Bob Bovee and Stevie Beck
I’m standing on the corner with this guitar in my hand
I’m just a poor musician in a poor street band
Tryin’ to make a living out of all these songs I’ve sold
Tryin’ to keep my feet warm out here in the cold
Chorus:
When I’m gone (When I’m gone), they’ll talk about my singin’
When I’m gone (When I’m gone), they’ll remember the good old days
I’ll be in heaven (in heaven), with my golden guitar ringin’
Where there’s a crowd on every corner and a hat that’s full always.
I’m tryin’ to keep warm enough just to move these aching fingers
Tryin’ to get two bits from every soul that stops and lingers
If I had a dime from every smile on a passer’s face
I could stack them up to heaven and I’d climb up to that place
[Chorus]
They say that up in heaven street singers do so fine
That you have to walk around the block just to get into the line
To step up to the singer’s hat and drop in dollar bills
And all the streets are heated there to keep away the chill.
[Chorus]
credits
from Journey Home,
released November 6, 2011
by Bob Bovee & Stevie Beck
(c) 1973 Bob Bovee and Stevie Beck
Tom Smith: vocals, guitar
Mally Smith, Alle Santiago, Oen Kennedy: vocals
Eric Royer: banjo
Sean Staples: mandolin
Seth Connelly: bass
by Bob Bovee & Stevie Beck
(c) 1973 Bob Bovee and Stevie Beck
Tom Smith: vocals, guitar
Mally Smith, Alle Santiago, Oen Kennedy: vocals
Eric Royer: banjo
Sean Staples: mandolin
Seth Connelly: 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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