Jerry Walker
In a house, I'd lay upstairs, And of how I'd live someday Downstairs sat, a man who had A guitar he never to play
For my thirteenth birthday, bought the guitar Told me I should learn how to And the gift she me changed me 'Cause the music is the thing, That got me to this point here
And I was lucky, I used her gift To get in touch with how to And looking back I now realize, changed my life
Just out of school, I had no Of it was I'd like to do I know, the open road Was the way I to pass on through
I took that guitar with me, down the highway And I began my for a song And in the distance, the music and the mystery Of how I would come along
Chorus (Last different) That music saved my life, became my life
As time by, I found that I Could up on the stage and sing But I sang, the songs I wrote It became a very special
But songs to me were And the business side killed me And I withdrew my shell With the contracts and the I started drinking, 'Til I finally lost touch myself
I guess playing for money brought problems That I didn't face well Being self-taught me nothing to lean on I had to in myself
I took a off and did some fasting Just to the cobwebs out And I back to Grandma's guitar Just to a simple sound
When I look me, I saw my loving family And a home we had built on a I discovered the music had led me to the one my heart and soul are re-filled
Music my life, yeah, music really saved my life Yes, music really my life