Busking Balladeer Song Lyrics By Derek Ryan
Written by Derek Ryan and David Oliver. This one is from the album The Simple Things and the song is about life on the road touring Ireland and playing in a different town every night. Return to all the Derek Ryan song lyrics and chords section .
I live out on the road, I rove from town to town
I sing of love and heartache but it don't get me down.
Some people call me crazy, I think they might be right
If you wanna test the theory girl I'm hear just for the night.
Chorus
The Coffee's strong and the whiskey's straight
When the morning comes I need to close the gate
Keep the pictures in your mind as you she roams for souvenirs
Say hello wave goodbye to you busking balladeer.
I keep them mean I keep them game every town I go
No regrets no stupid debts just freedom in my Soul
So if you see a busking man looking down and out
No he's not to be paid he's got the whole world figured out.
The Coffee's strong and the whiskey's straight
When the morning comes I need to close the gate
Keep the pictures in your mind as you she roams for souvenirs
Say hello wave goodbye to you busking balladeer.
The Coffee's strong and the whiskey's straight
When the morning comes I need to close the gate
Keep the pictures in your mind as you she roams for souvenirs
Say hello wave goodbye to you busking balladeer.
I sing of love and heartache but it don't get me down.
Some people call me crazy, I think they might be right
If you wanna test the theory girl I'm hear just for the night.
Chorus
The Coffee's strong and the whiskey's straight
When the morning comes I need to close the gate
Keep the pictures in your mind as you she roams for souvenirs
Say hello wave goodbye to you busking balladeer.
I keep them mean I keep them game every town I go
No regrets no stupid debts just freedom in my Soul
So if you see a busking man looking down and out
No he's not to be paid he's got the whole world figured out.
The Coffee's strong and the whiskey's straight
When the morning comes I need to close the gate
Keep the pictures in your mind as you she roams for souvenirs
Say hello wave goodbye to you busking balladeer.
The Coffee's strong and the whiskey's straight
When the morning comes I need to close the gate
Keep the pictures in your mind as you she roams for souvenirs
Say hello wave goodbye to you busking balladeer.
Down on Your Uppers:Derek Ryan and band play this in Ab, I have lowered the key to an easy version in G
[D],[G]Oh you're down on your uppers[C]
I said you need new boots
[D]Will you listen to your mother?
Oh I [G]said you're down on your uppers
Hey
[C]Oh yeah
Ooh ah[D],,[G],,[D],,[G]
[G]I remember when I was a bo[C]y
I didn't need no fancy to[D]ys
I just wanted to ex[G]plore go out into the great outdoors
Over ditches and on the [C]trees
Through a million fields of [D]green
'Till the evening shadows fall when I would hear my momma ca[G]ll
Oh you're down on your uppers
I [C]said you need new boots
[D]Have you got no others that [G]you can fit in[D]to?
Oh, [G]Derekeen they're the worst I've [C]seen
They'll need more than a bit of a [D]clean
Will you listen to your mother?
Oh I [G]said you're down on your uppers hey,,[C],,[D],,[G]
[D],[G]Oh you're down on your uppers[C]
I said you need new boots
[D]Will you listen to your mother?
Oh I [G]said you're down on your uppers
Hey
[C]Oh yeah
Ooh ah[D],,[G],,[D],,[G]
[G]I remember when I was a bo[C]y
I didn't need no fancy to[D]ys
I just wanted to ex[G]plore go out into the great outdoors
Over ditches and on the [C]trees
Through a million fields of [D]green
'Till the evening shadows fall when I would hear my momma ca[G]ll
Oh you're down on your uppers
I [C]said you need new boots
[D]Have you got no others that [G]you can fit in[D]to?
Oh, [G]Derekeen they're the worst I've [C]seen
They'll need more than a bit of a [D]clean
Will you listen to your mother?
Oh I [G]said you're down on your uppers hey,,[C],,[D],,[G]