Song Lyrics Walker Jerry Jeff - The Gift    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> W>> Walker Jerry Jeff Singer Lyrics [Walker Jerry Jeff other resources]>> The Gift Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Walker Jerry Jeff Music Title/Track: The Gift Theme ID: 1501 Album: N/A Jerry Jeff Walker In a boarding house, I'd lay upstairs, And dream of how I'd live someday Downstairs there sat, a man who had A guitar he never learned to play For my thirteenth birthday, grandma bought the guitar Told me I should learn how to play And the gift she gave me changed me 'Cause the music is the main thing, That got me to this point here today Chorus: And I was lucky, 'cause I used her gift To get in touch with how to live And looking back I now realize, music changed my life Just out of school, I had no clue Of what it was I'd like to do I only know, the open road Was the way I chose to pass on through I took that guitar with me, down the lonesome highway And I began my search for a song And somewhere in the distance, the music and the mystery Of how I would live come along Chorus (Last line different) That music saved my life, music became my life As time went by, I found that I Could climb up on the stage and sing But when I sang, the songs I wrote It became a very special thing But songs to me were personal And the business side just killed me And I withdrew inside my shell With the contracts and the lawsuits I started heavy drinking, 'Til I finally lost touch with myself Bridge: I guess playing music for money brought problems That I didn't face very well Being self-taught gave me nothing to lean on I had to look in myself I took a year off and did some fasting Just to clean the cobwebs out And I went back to Grandma's guitar Just to hear a simple sound When I look around me, I saw my loving family And a home we had built on a hill I discovered the music had led me to the one place Where my heart and soul are re-filled Chorus: Music saved my life, yeah, music really saved my life Yes, music really saved my life Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Higher Ground, Last Song, Life On The Road, Love Changes Everything, Champagne Dont Hurt Me Baby, Come Away To Belize With Me, Fred Neil Medley, Gringo In Belize, Sloop John B, The Moon is Still Over Her Shoulder, Those Were The Days, Seasons Change, Follow, Old Nashville Cowboy, I Promise To Love You, May Music Be Your Wings, She Knows Her Daddy Sings, The Road You Choose, Alright Guy, Candles and Cut Flowers, Dang Me, Every Drop of Water, Let The Ponies Run, She Made Herself A Promise, Texas On My Mind, The Cape, The Other Jerry Jeff, Cowbell Shakin, Its Raining Today, Joe, Little Things, Through A Long And Sleepless Night, Didnt We Love, Didnt We Love, Hands Up, Alt Land Is 512, And I Hear You Call, Another Piece Of Cake, Another Piece Of Cake 348, Could It Be So, For All Mankind 617, Get Rid Of Your Fears, Get Rid Of Your Fears 256, IM The King IM The Sun, Im The King Im The Sun 456, Love Tonight, Mushrooms, On My Own, Shine On Me, Stuldt H?jt 859, Other Walker Jerry Jeff song Lyrics Down In Texas Lyrics Hill Country Rain Lyrics Jaded Lover Lyrics Little Bird Lyrics Pick Up Truck Song Lyrics Pissin In The Wind Lyrics Up Against The Wall Redneck Mother Lyrics Bad News Lyrics Boogie Mama Lyrics Comfort and Crazy Lyrics Cross the Borderline Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Walker Scott Lyrics Walker Tamara Lyrics Walking Concert Lyrics Wall Kingston Lyrics Wall Of Voodoo Lyrics Wallace Jerry Lyrics Wallace Sippi Lyrics Wallen Lyrics Waller Fats Lyrics Wallflowers 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