Man of a Thousand Songs

Man of a Thousand Songs Ron Hynes

He got a crimson red tattoo
Keeps it hidden just above his T Shirt sleeve
It's a broken heart and the inscription reads
No love songs if you please

But he don't really mean that
Yes it's only cheeky tongue
He stands up and sings one every night
He's the man of a thousand songs

He knows the street like he knows his last name
He knows the city from the wrong side out
He knows that time is cruel and any man's a fool
Who hides the truth behind his mouth

He knows the duke of earl
He knows my girl
And the house of the rising sun
And the opening line on his marquee sign reads
The man of a thousand songs

He knows an old hotel where the desk clerk will sell you soul back reasonably cheap
Or this guy you can call when you're crawling the wall and the whole town's asleep
He don't promise what he don't deliver
He keeps it all in the easy keys
He don't dream beyond his expectations
But he's got the stance down to a T
He's got a friend in the backstage alley
Got just the thing to make the night move along
He's taken all requests as you might have guessed
He's the man of a thousand songs

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