Guy And A Guitar
Dedicated to all the street buskers out there, playing and singing for short money and the love of it. And to all the musician singer songwriter entrepreneurs plugging away trying to make it... against the odds of success. Folks like @ElvisNash . Keep picking and singing brother.
Check out the guitar player at the end.
https://youtu.be/3FITPS0vIDI?si=EwAwtfm8adZSM1eF
Ooo ooo no more wishin on stars
I don’t work in the rain
Don’t push keys in a bank
Got my back to the clock
Gave up wishin on stars
Just to be...a guy and a guitar
strum my stories ya’ll
Sing you a song for a dollar or a quater
The life of a man on the edge
Chords and notes and a holler
Sit and play on the street or a corner
Sing out and look at the show
Laughing faces white and rosa
While I sing my stories away
No I don’t work in the rain
Don’t push keys in a bank
Got my back to the clock
Gave up wishin on stars
Now I’m Just ...a guy and a guitar
Break
Bringing songs to life
From a life on the road
No real home or a wife
No happy tales to be told
Could be someday soon
People stop singing tunes
And some kind of man machine
Sit here and sing you a stream
Of songs from an artificial dream
Turn around
I’ve been hearing for a long time
Can’t you see this is nowhere
Songs about your past mistakes
Songs about the hard roads you take
But hell I won’t work in the rain
Won’t push keys in a bank
Keepin my back to the clock
Gave up wishin on stars
All I wana be...just a guy and a guitar
On a street corner... or a corner in a bar
That’s where he’s at... guy and a guitar
Ooo ooo no more wishin on stars
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I like this, but I think your key line: "All I wanna be...just a guy and a guitar" needs to be more singable for an average listener. It's a bit downbeat and clipped. Doesn't sound bad, it's just hard to join in.
Nice guitar riffs in there, enjoyed that! And the overall theme is a good one.
Seems like the narrator is stepping away from things more than heading towards something. But life can be like that. Comes across as a bit jaded. Reinforced by bookending the song with:
" Ooo ooo no more wishin' on stars "
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The subject and the tone of this take me back to 1967 or so to the song "Bottle of Wine" by Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs. That's a complimentary comparison. I heard what Owen suggested, and also think it could be sung with an uptick at the end of that line instead of a downtick. As far as heading away from something instead of toward something, I suspect that's consistent with a huge minority of people, or a small majority of people. Great song I.M.O.
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Sounds good man
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Some great deep comments thanks ya'll:
@RainyDayMan Like many of my tunes this one went through about ten tweaked renditions. At one point it was bit more up beat as you're suggesting. But as I continued I felt a more melancholy feel slip into the song. Our hero is out there making or supplementing a living on the streets playing and singing...kind of a sad situation.
@Hardtwistmusic Bottle of wine fruit of the vine when you gonna let me get sober...love the song used to sing it a lot. Yeah a bit melancholy on this one.
@ElvisNash Wish you lived near by and we could get together and just jam man
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Great voice! I think it's making me think of Van Morrison. Somebody notable from the early `70's.
I'm trying to figure out which one of these pictures might be you. I'm going with the Kurt Cobain-looking guy in the ball cap against the spray painted wall. It sounds like what I think that guy would sound like.
With the first verse I'm not putting together where this character worked. He doesn't work in the rain, or push keys in a bank. What if he compromised and worked in a bank? Then he would be out of the rain. OR, he could take a job in the great outdoors and not have to deal with the customers in the bank. Or just quit it all and play in the park! He has three options.
You've got a leg up having a good voice. You can't imagine.
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Yeah man like you said "Or just quit it all and play in the park!" Thanks for the kind words buddy.
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