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Artist: Tom T. Hall
Canonical path: /tom-t-hall/songwriter
Related lyric paths: 6
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Songwriter
Read Songwriter lyrics by Tom T. Hall on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Songwriter
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He sits with the guitar on his knee
Thinking of love that he's had
If it makes a sound he writes it down
He's the songwriter.
He's trying to paint
Little pictures of mountains
Turn little teardrops into mighty fountains
He's the songwriter.
He smiles at the good lines
Frowns at the bad lines
Cries with the sad parts, rewrites the bad parts
He's the songwriter.
He looks through the window of life
Some people think he's a joke
But who can tell the thing might sell
He's the songwriter.
He's trying to paint
Little pictures of mountains
Turn little teardrops into mighty fountains
He's the songwriter.
Thank you for hearing my tune
Now I'll get out of your room
It's late you know I've got to go
I'm a songwriter, mhm, mhm...
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Tom T. Hall performs "Songwriter", and this lyric page sits inside the Tom T. Hall catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to Ballad of Forty Dollars and A Bar With No Beer with a short reason for opening each page next.
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