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жанры: singer-songwriter, country
альбомы: Diamonds in the Rough
Souvenirs
автор:
John Prine
жанры: singer-songwriter, country
альбомы: Diamonds in the Rough
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All the snow has turned to water Christmas days have come and gone Broken toys and faded colors Are all that's left to linger onI hate graveyards and old pawn shops For they always bring me tears I can't forgive the way they rob me Of my childhood souvenirsMemories they can't be boughten They can't be won at carnivals for free Well it took me years to get those souvenirs And I don't know how they slipped away from meBroken hearts and dirty windows Make life difficult to see That's why last night and this mornin' Always look the same to meI hate reading old love letters For they always bring me tears I can't forgive the way they rob me Of my sweetheart's souvenirsMemories they can't be boughten They can't be won at carnivals for free Well it took me years to get those souvenirs And I don't know how they slipped away from me
Это интересно:Prine is the son of William Prine and Verna Hamm. Prine himself started playing guitar at age 14, taught by his brother, David. He was a postman for five years and served in the Army before beginning his musical career in Chicago.In the late 1960s, while Prine was still delivering mail in Maywood, Illinois, he began to sing at open-mic evenings at the Fifth Peg on Armitage Avenue. Prine was initially a spectator, reluctant to perform, but eventually did so in response to a "You think you can do better?" comment made to him by another performer. Chicago Sun-Times movie critic Roger Ebert heard him there and wrote the first review Prine ever received, calling him a great songwriter.... продолжение
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