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 to play
For my birthday, grandma bought the guitar Told me I should how to play And the gift she gave me me the music is the main thing, That got me to point here today
And I was lucky, I used her gift To get in touch how to live And looking back I now realize, music changed my
out of school, I had no clue Of what it was I'd to do I only know, the road Was the way I chose to pass on
I that guitar with me, down the lonesome highway And I began my search for a And somewhere in the distance, the and the mystery Of how I would live come
(Last line different) That music my life, music became my life
As time by, I found that I Could climb up on the stage and But when I sang, the I wrote It became a very thing
But to me were personal And the side just killed me And I inside my shell With the and the lawsuits I heavy drinking, 'Til I finally lost touch with
I guess playing music for money brought I didn't face very well Being self-taught 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 went to Grandma's guitar to hear a simple sound
When I around me, I saw my loving family And a home we had on a hill I discovered the music had led me to the one Where my and soul are re-filled
Music saved my life, yeah, music really my life Yes, really saved my life