Name: Lady Who Sings
Duration: 2 min 50 s
Channel: Wig Nelson/Wig Nelson
Description: "Lady Who Sings" is a song by wiggymusic. Song about a lady who was singing in a bistro in Walnut Creek CA about thirty years ago.

Lady Who Sings

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Song about a lady who was singing in a bistro in Walnut Creek CA about thirty years ago.

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Wiggymusic is located in Indialantic, Florida.

Wiggymusic is a project which began January 10th, 2006. It's intention is to showcase the music portfolio of Wig Nelson - singer/songwriter for more than thirty years. At present, over 120 of his musical compositions are copyrighted with the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. in five volumes (1979, 1992, 1993, 2006 and 2008) and will eventually be featured here on this website. Some of his most recent work includes a musical called, "A Feeling Of Power." It features 17 songs of Wig's most memorable songs and will be available for sale here at Soundclick in the near future.

Song Info

Genre

Acoustic • Acoustic Rock

Charts

Peak #49

Peak in subgenre #5

Author

Wig Nelson/Wig Nelson

Rights

1979

Uploaded

January 27, 2006

Track Files

MP3

MP3 3.9 MB • 128 kbps • 2:50

Story behind the song

I was out partying with about three women (always a bad idea) when I found I had run out of money.  The girl playing guitar and singing was making some nice sounds, so, naturally, I wanted to leave a tip in her jar.  I reached down in my pocket and came up with a guitar pick.  The rest is history.

Lyrics

Tell ya boy you can't go wrong
Find a voice to sing your song
More than meter - more than rhyme
You can write your name in time . . . with a

(Chorus)

Lady who sings - dancin' on the 
Strings of a seasoned old Martin guitar
Look in my jeans - all them flashy queens
Took the money that I had for your jar
An old guitar pick was all I could find
Still I thought I ought to leave it behind
For the lady who sings - dancin' on the strings
Of a seasoned old Martin guitar

I saw her in a bar one night
Her eyes were cool - her hair was light
When she filled the room with sound
Then I knew I'd finally found . . . me a

(Chorus)

I thought that I could trace the fame
I looked around to find her name
She was gone before I knew
I'd be thinkin' lonely blue . . . bout a

(Chorus)

(Chorus)

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