I came home from busking one day and wrote as my Facebook status "been busking...tired and dusty, but happy" This song grew from that.
It was good the next week to go back to the same spot and sing it : -)
LYRICS:
BUSKING

I'm tired and I'm dusty,
climbed a mountain in my head
I'm watching all the people going by,
catch my eye and turn away
Oooh, then I see you smile,
whoahoahoh, then I see you smile
and I feel alright

The sun's feeling warm upon my skin,
there's not a cloud in the sky
I sing a line from another verse,
but no one knows how it should be
Oooh, then I see you smile,
whoahoahoh, then I see you smile
and I feel alright

An old man stops to talk to me,
says I brighten up the town
A child that is dancing,
is dragged away by the hand,
oooh, then I see you smile,
whoahoahoh, then I see you smile
and I feel alright

1st verse repeated

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Comment by bemuzic on November 14, 2011 at 12:21pm

thanks Ed..wish there were more people like you about when I'm busking, lol!!

Comment by eK on November 14, 2011 at 9:26am

I definitely would have skipped getting coffee to toss a fiver in the hat. Lovely song.

Comment by bemuzic on October 12, 2011 at 12:17am
thanks Linda, yeah give it a try. I've met some nice people every time I've gone : -)
Comment by bemuzic on October 11, 2011 at 10:53am
thanks John
Comment by Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw on October 11, 2011 at 7:50am
Lovely song, so very well sung. Great feel to it.
Comment by bemuzic on October 10, 2011 at 5:02am
thanks Ed..yeah you should always take a CBG with you : -)
Comment by Bad Finger (Eric) on October 10, 2011 at 1:29am

Great happy tune.  

 

We're having an Indian Summer here in NY and we drove through Saratoga Springs last night.  There was an old guy playing banjo and several guitar players out.  I wish I had a CBG with me!

 

Thanks for sharing.

Comment by bemuzic on October 9, 2011 at 9:18am
cheers Hippy Chip : -)
Comment by Hippy Chip on October 9, 2011 at 9:09am
very good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by bemuzic on October 9, 2011 at 4:49am
ha thanks Redneck!

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