For a Troubadour

This song is about my all-time favorite singer/songwriter. It’s my equivalent of “Dear Mr. Gable” (if you know, you know). Bonus points if you can guess who it is!

VERSE 1

Amidst the clever banter

Between the chords and keys

Your convictions were laced with candor

In every chorus and reprise

You surpassed the rock n’ roller persona

With music bold and true

And if I’d seen you on that corner in Arizona

I’d have slowed down, too

CHORUS

Is the measure of a man found within his rhymes?

Or in the style of which he plays?

I’d give anything to step into those times

Instead of living in these days

Can the voice of a musician move past bar lines ?

Far beyond what he’s composed?

Maybe

I don’t know

VERSE 2

What drives that steady tempo

Behind your many talents?

Are you a lover or a pretender?

How does anyone find that balance?

You say you’re still searching for something

In this world of right and wrong

Do you plan to keep what you discover to yourself

Or will you share it in a song?

BRIDGE

Your words so cryptic yet so clear

Though cheeky and quite cunning

It seems you always persevere

Despite how “empty” you’d been running

TAG

Is it possible to touch another heart

From inside the radio?

Maybe

I think so. 🙂