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Sparrows In The Streets (Ode Of A Hobo)
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This is another song I wrote when I was much younger. I was 19 and was living in Florida but missing New York at the time.
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I am a solo singer/songwriter. My music is mostly soft although my songs could easily be performed in mostly any style.
For me, it's all about the song. That mysteriously magical thing that happens when a lyric is married to a melody. The writing process is invigorating and exciting while simultaneously being exasperating and difficult. It is that moment when music is being composed and a lyric is being written when I am truly the "artist at his easel." The creative process continues when the song is brought into the studio to be recorded because, as in writing, the production and arrangement processes also have their own sets of challenges. Those challenges are always dictated by the song itself and the task at hand at that moment is to be true to the song and carefully craft a recording that reflects what the song is about. Part three, for me, is to then take that song and perform it. It is the purest form of displaying this work of art called a song and is the only place where the magic of the creation is reflected back to me from a room full of interested listeners. And at that moment it is only as magical as the audience makes me believe it is. My CDs are all available on CDBaby.com.
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Genre
Pop Indie Pop
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Words and Music by Larry Whitler
Rights
1974 and 2008 Quill And Keyboard Productions
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October 29, 2008
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MP3 11.3 MB 320 kbps 4:57
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I got up feelin' funny From a funny feelin' dream My eyes were tired and runny From the sunny window beam And I gazed into the pages Of a travel magazine And I found myself in streets of places I have never been--- Well, I slipped into a t-shirt And I slipped into my jeans And I walked among The misty city early morning scene And I went to get a bagel From the bagel shop in Queens Where I ate a bit but threw the rest To sparrows in the streets--- O.K., I admit, I guess I could be Much more than I am now, I guess, But, just like the sparrows in the streets I always survive somehow--- O.K., I admit, I guess I should be Making myself a name, I guess, But, look at the sparrows in the streets They always fly away--- O.K., I admit, I guess I could be Much more than I am now, I guess, But, just like the sparrows in the streets I always survive somehow--- O.K., I admit, I guess I should be Making myself a name, I guess, But, look at the sparrows in the streets They always fly away--- My brother owns a deli And my sister became a nurse I almost had a job one time As sexton in a church, But they gave it to another guy Who needed the money worse. But I really love this sidewalk life, I get my share of work--- O.K., I admit, I guess I could be Much more than I am now, I guess, But, just like the sparrows in the streets I always survive somehow--- O.K., I admit, I guess I should be Making myself a name, I guess, But, look at the sparrows in the streets They always fly away---
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