Lament

Lyrics for Lament

I guess I tried to show you how I'd take the crowd with my guitar And businessmen would clap their hands And clip another fat cigar And publishers would spread the news And print my music far and wide All the kids who played the blues Would learn my licks with a bottleneck slide But now it seems the bubble's burst Although you know there was a time When love songs gathered in my head With poetry in every line And strong men strove to hold the doors With my friends, I passed that age People stomped on dirty floors Before I trod the rock 'n' roll stage I'll thank the man who's on the phone And if he got some time to spend The problem I'll explain once more And indicate a sum to lend That ten percent is now a joke Maybe 30, even 35 I'll say my daddy's had a stroke He'd have one now, if he only was alive I like the way you look at me You're laughing too down there inside I took my chance and you took yours You crewed my ship, we missed the tide I like the way the music goes A few good guys who can play it right I like the way it moves my toes Say it when you wanna go and dance all night