Rick L. James: Listen

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This is a song that gets inside the head of starving musicians such as myself.

One more night, one more show
I leave a tip jar by the door
I play my heart out dying on this stage
Cause no one wants to listen anymore
They knows me in this town
I’m a long way from home
Thirty dollars in gas
From Twenty dollar in tips
Don’t get you too far up the road.

Chorus:
Im tired of painting pictures for the blind
And Im tired of singing when nobody’s listening
And Im tired of feeling like a beggar in the night, living off your generosity
And I’m tired of chasing down hot air balloons on rainbow
Im tired of wishing I could fly
Im tired of running down a dream that calls my name while it’s two steps ahead all the time

One more night, one more road
I’ll be driving til the dawn
One more tune on the radio
But it’s always someone else’s song
I keep rolling chasing down this dream
While it keeps running away
And I’ll keep playing, trying to catch your ear
Hoping you might hear me today.


Bridge:
One more night one more song
One more town and I’ll be moving on
One more prayer but the same old grace
One more try in brand new place. (still I’m)