As he sat out on the steps one day, just strumming his guitar, He was asking passers by to put some money in his jar, one old lady said to him, if you can play a song, that will take me back to days gone by, to a time that i can see, my girlhood, and a young boy that meant so much to me, Ill give you all the money, and riches you can spend, then I could leave this world and go walking hand in hand, with the boy that I once loved so much, so many years ago, and be happy for all eternity, if you could only know, if you can do this thing you see, then you will always be, the best guitar player, there's ever going to be, so play it fine and play it slow, and make it sound so sweet, that the angels up in heaven, will all come down to see, the young man who sets out on the steps, and strums on his guitar - the fine young man, that plays his songs for pennies in a jar.
----Danny,

the fine young man was playing a song - about another ladies days long gone - similar to the one this old lady wanted the angels to hear - but different in requested time and a bit more urgent for the boy so dear - the tempo all rock and roll sure enough made that clear - now a sweeter happier song this time - a song a little slower is the thought - to go back in time for memory a waltz - then this old lady can feel the young boy of her girlhood - with a little added Viennese schmaltz - play the song the young man did - as if from a distance somewhere far - listening for the ring of pennies dropped into his jar - the old lady watched him play her face so bright - as if she was looking at an extraordinary light - or might have been the memory she longed for - is now within her mind - her request granted she must leave the scene - listening to that beautiful music was for her like a dream - now dropping pennies into the jar and onto the steps falling they are - making that wonderful ringing noise for that boy playing his guitar.

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

"Pennies from another world" got my attention. cool words, thanks for posting.

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

Danny, thought you would recognize this one from the "Your Poetry" thread. You actually started quite a few that I would reply to, in hopes that you'd post some there, lol.
I dragged it over, here it is:

"from another thread, thanks for the talk DD."


busker's tra-la

the fine young man, with a guitar
sat there on the steps at Trafalgar
with his tip jar near, he was playing a song
about his old lady, in days long gone
similar to one, an older lady watching him
wanted the angels to hear
for her thoughts of a boy she knew so dear
this young man's song was faster in time, more urgent
his tempo all rock and roll, made for any young gent
the old lady asked for a sweeter happier song, this time
a song a little slower is what she had in mind
to go back in time for her memory, a waltz
so in her mind this old lady could feel
that young boy of her girlhood, both now lost
with this added description, Viennese schmaltz
so play the song the young man did
as if from a distance, somewhere far
listening for the ring of pennies, dropped into his jar
the old lady watched him play, her face so bright
as if she was looking at an extraordinary light
might have been the memory she longed for
is within her mind's sight
with her request granted
now she must leave the scene
listening to that beautiful music
was for her like a dream
she drops some pennies into his jar
spilling onto the steps
falling they are
making a wonderful ringing noise
for that young man playing his guitar.

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

Beautiful.

Thank you.

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Tim