Jerry Jeff
In a house, I'd lay upstairs, And dream of how I'd someday there sat, a man who had A guitar he never learned to
For my thirteenth birthday, grandma bought the Told me I should how to play And the she gave me changed me 'Cause the music is the thing, That got me to this point today
And I was lucky, 'cause I her gift To get in touch how to live And looking I now realize, music changed my life
Just out of school, I had no Of it was I'd like to do I only know, the road Was the way I chose to on through
I took that with me, down the lonesome highway And I my search for a song And in the distance, the music and the mystery Of how I live come along
Chorus (Last different) That music saved my life, became my life
As went by, I found that I climb up on the stage and sing But when I sang, the songs I It became a very thing
But songs to me personal And the business just killed me And I withdrew inside my With the contracts and the I heavy drinking, 'Til I finally lost touch myself
I guess playing music for money problems I didn't face very well Being gave me nothing to lean on I had to in myself
I took a year off and did fasting Just to clean the out And I back to Grandma's guitar Just to hear a simple
When I around me, I saw my loving family And a we had built on a hill I discovered the music had led me to the one my heart and soul are re-filled
Music my life, yeah, music really saved my life Yes, music saved my life