My Banjo

1 week ago by @mandolinda · @yewnorker

Liner Notes

I posted a comment in the forum about my banjo, and @yewnorker created a song lyric. I had to try playing my banjo once again. When I saw @nancycunning added a song to the lyric, I posted on YouTube, changing the lyric quite a bit to differ from Nancy’s song. I have never mastered singing and playing that banjo simultaneously. Somewhat disjointed in performance qualities.

Lyrics

There's a banjo in my closet

[Verse 1]
There's a banjo in my closet, hidden away
And a promise to learn to play that thing
There's a tune somewhere inside my head
A promise to learn, no regrets to tread

[chorus]
saw you in a music shop, gleaming bright
You looked so good, just had to stop
Picked you up. You felt just right
I thought I would, I thought I might

[verse 2]
I took you home I tried to coax a sound
Scratch n claw n pluck away, day after day
Distractions with life seemed to get in the way
Days slipped by, and you just got swept away

Chorus

[Bridge]
Now time has passed, we've both aged fine,
Like old friends sharing a glass of wine,
I'll be gentle, you'll be kind,
Together, we'll create a rhyme.

[outro]
T'was a banjo in my closet, yearning to get out
T'was a tune swirling in my head, no doubt
Our song’s like the second time at romance
At last, got my banjo playing, now give it a chance.

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