Music & Lyrics: Lyndon Heart

Do you remember my old friend Jack?
They caught him with some cocaine a long while back.
Well he’s home now and he’s tryin’ to start a new life.
I’d really like to make it over there to see him and his wife.

He played a mighty finer guitar, mandolin and steel.
He used to play a lot before he started to deal,
And I’m hopin’ that he hasn’t fo gotten how to sing
And that prison hasn’t scarred his soul and ruined everything.

He was such an inspiration to me.
When he played guitar he made it look so easy,
And when my songs were just beginning to come
He told me this.
“You’ve got to follow your bliss.
A song is like a kiss —
You’ve got to put yourself into it.”

So Steve if you could manage to maybe scare up a car.
We’ll go wake up Billy and tell him to grab a guitar.
And you can drive and I can roll and we’ll be there by high noon…
And maybe Jack will surprise us with a brand new tune…

He was such an inspiration to me.
When he played guitar he made it look so easy,
And when my songs were just beginning to come
He told me this.
“You’ve got to follow your bliss.
A song is like a kiss —
You’ve got to put yourself into it.”