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"John Prine"
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жанры: folk, alt-country, singer-songwriter, americana
альбомы: Diamonds in the Rough
The Torch Singer
автор:
John Prine
жанры: folk, alt-country, singer-songwriter, americana
альбомы: Diamonds in the Rough
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The night club was burning From the torch singer's song And the sweat was floodin' her eyes The catwalk squeaked 'neath the bartender's feet And the smoke was too heavy to riseShe sang of the love that left her And of the woman that she'll never be Made me feel like the buck and a quarter That I paid 'em to listen and see I paid 'em to listen and seeI was born down in Kansas 'Neath the October sky Work the day shift from seven to three And the only relief that I receive Is nearer my God to TheeShe constantly throws me off timing Leaves me standing both naked and bare Makes me feel like the Sunday funnies After every thing's gone off the air Every thing's gone off the airPicked through the ashes Of the torch singer's song And I ordered my money around For whiskey and pain both taste the same During the time they go downShe sang of the love that left her And of the woman that she'll never be Made me feel like the buck and a quarter That I paid 'em to listen and see I paid 'em to listen and see
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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