Bill the Banjo

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Scott Sexton

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Well I was strolling through the second hand place
Though you wouldn't call me poor
When I happened upon this piece of junk
Was a lying there on the floor
So I bought the thing I waved goodbye
To all my friends there at goodwill
And that was the start of a love affair
When I rescued good old Bill
Well Bill he was missing a lot of parts
And he was hurting that's for sure
So I strapped him to the back of my bike
Headed down to the music store
Well the man there looked him up and down
Said where'd you ever get this thing
I said fix him up and tune him up
I'm gonna teach him how to sing
Well that old four string really came to life
I guess he had a lot to say
I tried to leave him on the shelf
But he'd look at me that way
So I picked him up every chance I got
And he would begin to cry
Telling me the stories of his days long gone by
Well he started out in an old jazz band
Up in Chicago town
That old black man that owned him
He could really lay that dixie down
Smoke filled bars and big cigars
And bottles of red wine
Yeah the good times rolled and the whiskey flowed
Til the old man up and died
He said he once belonged to a hippy chick
Boy they sure had some fun
Playing and singing those protest songs
In the California sun
Oh but she grew up and had some kids
Couldn't find the time
So Bill he got put under the bed
Why he might as well had died
Yeah we got a lot in common
Me and good old Bill
We both got holes down in our hearts
No one else can fill
I can feel him thank me every time that I pick him up to play
Me, the porch and Bill the banjo gonna always be that way
Well I don't have a glamorous life
Just a hard working man
When I get home and I'm all alone
Gonna do what I can
To make old Bill feel wanted
He does the same for me
Telling the stories about our lives
Keep each other company
Yeah we got a lot in common
Me and good old Bill
We both got holes down in our hearts
No one else can fill
I can feel him thank me every time that I pick him up to play
Me, the porch and Bill the banjo gonna always be that way
Yeah me, the porch and Bill the banjo gonna always be that way

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