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Daddy Played the Banjo Lyrics
Daddy played the banjo, ‘neath the yellow tree,
It rang across the backyard, an old time melody,
I loved to hear the music, I was only five,
I listened as his fingers made the banjo come alive.
Sometimes I’d wake up at night, and hear a distant tune,
The banjo would echo, around my childhood room,
I’d sneak down the back stairs, Daddy never knew.
I’d grab a broom and make believe, I was pickin’, too.
One day Daddy put my fingers down upon his fist,
He picked it with his other hand, we made the banjo ring;
Now the music takes me back, across the yellow day,
Soon the summers with my Dad, and the tunes he made.
But I’m just tellin’ lies about the things I did,
See I’m that banjo player who never had a kid,
Now, I sit beneath that yellow tree,
Hopin’ that a kid somewhere, is listening to me.
Daddy played the banjo, ‘neath the yellow tree,
It rang across the backyard and wove a spell on me,
Now the banjo takes me back, through the foggy haze,
When memories of what never was, become the good old days.
It rang across the backyard, an old time melody,
I loved to hear the music, I was only five,
I listened as his fingers made the banjo come alive.
The banjo would echo, around my childhood room,
I’d sneak down the back stairs, Daddy never knew.
I’d grab a broom and make believe, I was pickin’, too.
He picked it with his other hand, we made the banjo ring;
Now the music takes me back, across the yellow day,
Soon the summers with my Dad, and the tunes he made.
See I’m that banjo player who never had a kid,
Now, I sit beneath that yellow tree,
Hopin’ that a kid somewhere, is listening to me.
It rang across the backyard and wove a spell on me,
Now the banjo takes me back, through the foggy haze,
When memories of what never was, become the good old days.
Song Info
Submitted by
tjrieves On May 05, 2010
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