(don schlitz/thom schuyler)
There was a brand new stranger at the old bus station
He said music city is my destination
He said the whole wide world
And you can take that to the bank
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He got a furnished room and a job at the market
He kept a little notebook in his back pocket
And every time you
And he would never leave one piece blank (he
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He sang when no one would listen
So he sang until they hung on every word
Ah then one day his phone started ringing
They said we want you and the songs you
And the kid said fine, just give me some time
To talk to my patron saint (you see)
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(yes sir,) that night as he laid in the darkness
Ol?luke the drifter came to him and said
Oh now here
You sing from the heart and you
But if anybody tries to change you
Into something that you ain
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