Jerry Walker
In a house, I'd lay upstairs, And dream of how I'd someday Downstairs sat, a man who had A guitar he never learned to
For my thirteenth birthday, bought the guitar me I should learn how to play And the she gave me changed me 'Cause the music is the thing, That got me to point here today
And I was lucky, 'cause I her gift To get in touch with how to And looking back I now realize, music changed my
Just out of school, I had no Of what it was I'd to do I only know, the road Was the way I chose to pass on
I took that guitar with me, the lonesome highway And I began my for a song And somewhere in the distance, the music and the Of how I live come along
Chorus (Last different) music saved my life, music became my life
As time went by, I that I climb up on the stage and sing But when I sang, the I wrote It a very special thing
But songs to me personal And the business side just me And I inside my shell With the and the lawsuits I heavy drinking, 'Til I finally touch with myself
I guess playing music for money brought That I didn't face well Being self-taught me nothing to lean on I had to look in
I took a year off and did fasting Just to clean the out And I back to Grandma's guitar Just to a simple sound
When I look me, I saw my loving family And a we had built on a hill I the music had led me to the one place my heart and soul are re-filled
Music saved my life, yeah, really saved my life Yes, music really saved my