Song Lyrics Harry Chapin - Bluesman    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> H>> Harry Chapin Singer Lyrics [Harry Chapin other resources]>> Bluesman Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Harry Chapin Music Title/Track: Bluesman Theme ID: 6494 Album: N/A The kid heard the word up in Brooklyn. It was his second year of medical school. He went and stashed some jeans into his guitar case, His father said, "You're a fool". But the boy jumped on board a Greyhound bus, It took him two days to get to Mobile, And though it took two weeks to track the old man down, He never doubted that the rumor was real. But there the old man stood by the store front, With his white cane hanging from his belt. And he was bending the steel of his guitar strings So it seemed like the metal had to melt. He was the last of the street corner singers Paying his final years of dues The voice in his throat was like a bullfrog croak Yes it's he who invented the blues. "To play the blues, boy, you got to live 'em Got your dues, boy, you know you got to give 'em Got to start sweet like a slow blues rhythm Like a heartbeat you'll always be with 'em When you're married to the blues, boy, Your guitar is your wife. It's like that fine old woman Who you're faithful to for life." Well the kid walked up as the blind man finished And was bent to put his guitar away. The old man heard him and said, "Who are you?" "I'm the kid you're gonna teach to play." The old man laughed but the kid kept talking 'bout How he'd help him get around That's when the old man said, "I don't need no fool to get me where in the hell I'm bound" The kid nods his head with a great big grin and says, "When do we begin?" That's when the old man said, "If You're staying with me This is how it's got to be..." "To play the blues, boy, you got to live 'em Got your dues, boy, you know you got to give 'em Got to s Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Could You Put Your Light On, Please, Country Dreams, Dance Band On The Titanic, Dancin Boy, Dancin Boy, Dancing Boy, Dirt Gets Under The Fingernails, Dogtown, Dreams Go By, Empty, Everybodys Lonely, Everybodys Lonely, Fall In Love With Him, Flowers Are Red, Get On With It, God Babe Youve Been Good To Me, God Babe Youve Been Good To Me, Greyhound, Halfway To Heaven, I Do It For You, Jane, I Dont Want To Be President, I Dont Want to Be President, I Finally Found It, Sandy, I Miss America, I Wanna Learn A Love Song, I Wonder What Would Happen to Him, I Wonder What Would Happen To This World, If My Mary Were Here, If You Want To Feel, It Seems You Only Love Me When It Rains, Jenny, Last of the Protest Singers, Last Stand, Laugh Man, Legends of the Lost and Found, Let Time Go Lightly, Love Is Just Another Word, Mail Order Annie, Manhood, Mercenaries, Mismatch, Mr. Tanner, My Old Lady, Northwest 222, November Rains, Odd Job Man, Old College Avenue, Old Folkie, On The Road To Kingdom Come, One Light In A Dark Valley, Other Harry Chapin song Lyrics 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas Lyrics A Better Place To Be Lyrics A Lot of Lonely People Tonight Lyrics A Quiet Little Love Affair Lyrics All My Lifes A Circle Lyrics And The Baby Never Cries Lyrics Anthem Lyrics Any Old Kind Of Day Lyrics Babysitter Lyrics Barefoot Boy Lyrics Basic Protest Song Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Harry Connick Lyrics Jr. Harry Connick Lyrics Harry James Lyrics Harry James Orchestra Lyrics Harry McClintock Lyrics Harry Mills Lyrics Harry Nilsson Lyrics Harry Potter Lyrics Harry Secombe Lyrics Harry Simeone Chorale Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy