Silver tongue
by ross Durand
Featuring preformances by Sydney, Steve Durand, and Seamus
Well I’m tryin to sing and my guitar strings ring
But the words won’t come out right
I need a Cyrano De Bergereac to feed me the words
But stay just out of the light
So I got me a lantern and I’m searchin the world
Cause I’ve got to find the one
My words fall like lead so I’ve got to find
The one with the silver tongue
SO before to long is somethign over there
A shinin in the light
a silvery smile on a little girl
Could she be the one? She just might
KID:
I’m just a little kid I don’t know how to rap
But I like to go boom and snap and clap
SO I’m sorry man I can’t sing for you
But listen to this - this is what I can do
[Boom snap clap, Boom boom snap clap]
ME:
So kept movin along looking everywhere - for someone to save my day
When up a head a saw another little glimmer
“Can you sing for me?” I say
JAZZ GUY:
I don't have a silver tongue but I've got a silver horn
I've been making it sing since the day I was born
And I've got to admit my voice ain't my thing
On any given day I'd rather swing than sing
So I'm sorry man can't do your singin for you
But take a listen here cause this us what I can do
ME:
Well it had been a long search - I was about to give up
when I came across the man
out leaning on a light post hat tilted down
and toothpick in his hand
THE MAN WITH THE SILVER TONGUE:
Well ya found me - yeah I’m the right one
You can turn off the lantern cause I got a silver tongue
Whatever you got to say I can give you the words
But it’s the way that you say it that gets you heard
You got to flow
The words gotta roll off of your tongue
All the beauty’s in the way that it’s done
Ya gotta breathe - so they feel but don’t hear
Its not the words it’s delivery tha much is clear
I need a groove - a little boom snap clap
I need a bass and horn, man that’ll take you back
then I can give you the words - and though they may be bold
you won’t need need a silver tongue if you gotta heart of gold
ME:
So now I just play I got a grip on things
No silver tongue, just silver strings.