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The Crowd
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A song about people who perform for the sheer joy of singing. And the crowds reaction
mellow acoustic guitar
Hi, I'm an acoustic guitar player from Washington. Originally from Arizona. Been playing for 20 or 30 years but just got serious in the last year or so. I will add some web stuff here in a bit. DwB
Song Info
Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Charts
Peak #775
Peak in subgenre #97
Author
Doug Barnett
Rights
2005 by Doug Barnett
Uploaded
July 23, 2005
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MP3 3.0 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
Story behind the song
The people in the song are very loosely based on an open mic night I attended not too long ago. I changed the tune to one I like better.
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“The Crowd” © 2005 Doug Barnett The tattooed girl leaned to the mic A little more than she should Drowning the guitarist Who wasn’t all that good Emotion in her voice sang out Of pain she’d never see You’d think this hardened city girl Was from the hills of Tennessee The crowd ignored everything And looked the other way Their meals were more important Than whatever she might say She just kept on singing Lost inside the song Escape from her reality Just three minutes long His face was turning red before The young man took the stage His movement stiff and awkward Like his brain just disengaged Forgot the words the first time Then started up once more Dead on key, the sound was gold As he looked at the floor The crowd ignored the whole event Pretending not to see Wondering about the time Or what was on TV He just kept on singing Pure as morning rain Short three minute heaven This world could not contain Weathered lines stood out upon The geezers’ old stone face He’d seen a thousand microphones Each in a different place Played his magic guitar strings With well worn expertise Gravel voice croaked out the tune Like a dusty summer breeze The crowd turned to watch the show Forgot about her beer The aging barfly coughed once Then choked back a tear The old man kept on singing As he had through out his life He loved the songs like children And the singing, like a wife
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