SAXOPHONE ( W. Chet A. Blum & Barry David Butler &
saxophone
busking
christmas eve
Story behind the song
SAXOPHONE
THERE WAS THIS DISHEVELED GUY
THAT I'D PASS ON THE BY AND BY
HE WAS OUT IN THE OPEN
WITHOUT A PLACE TO HIDE
I KNEW THERE WAS MORE TO HIM
AND SO ON A WHIM
I ASKED IF HE COULD PLAY THAT SAX
BY HIS SIDE
HE NEVER UTTERED A SINGLE WORD
HE PLAYED THAT SAX LIKE I'D NEVER HEARD
I STOOD AND WATCHED
STARTLED BY HIS SOUND
WHEN HE WAS DONE HE JUST LOOKED AT ME
I TOOK OUT NEW CRISP TWENTY
I BENT DOWN...PUT IT IN THE BOX
ON THE GROUND
SAXOPHONE...SAXOPHONE
SUCH A GORGEOUS SOUND
FLOWS FROM THE LIPS
OF THIS MAN I FOUND
SAXOPHONE...SAXOPHONE
FEELINGS IT EMOTES
FILLS HEARTS AND MIND
WITH BEAUTIFUL NOTES
CHRISTMAS EVE... WAS THE VERY NEXT NIGHT
SOMETHING DEEP INSIDE... FELT SO RIGHT
SO I ASKED HIM IF HE'D LIKE LIKE TO COME HOME
WITH ME
HAVE A BED, A HOT MEAL... A BATH
SHARE TALES.... AND HAVE A LAUGH
HE COULD TELL ME HOW HIS LIFE
HAD COME TO BE
(REPEAT CHORUS)
TOLD ME...YEARS AGO WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER
HE HAD THIS BURNING HUNGER
TO JUST PLAY HIS SAX
AND RAISE A SMILE OR TWO
AND THOUGH LIFE HAS TAKEN IT'S TOLL
THE DESIRE STILL FILLS HIS SOUL
HE SAID THAT I'M DOING
WHAT I WAS BORN TO DO