Verse 1:
He started talking on a dark wet rainy day
children were gathered to hear what he had to say
his long gray beard was swaying through the wind
the tale he told would twist and it would bend
Chorus:
A story teller, a twister of tales
a story teller, of hills and dales
a story teller, with a long gray beard
a story teller of the fancy of weird.
Verse 2:
There was good and evil, there was right and there was wrong
there was beauty and fright, there was dancing and there was song
He clutched his pipe and puffed a bright red coal
the story, he told, from deep down in his soul
Verse 3:
the children listened, dancing fire in their eyes
of sunlight and darkness and of the stars in the sky
they would laugh and cry, they winced and they sighed
at the story they heard from this wild and strange old guy
credits
from A Barefoot Life,
released November 15, 2013
Perry Costello - Guitars, Vocals, Backing Vocals • Michael Wu - Bass • Jason Brian Merrill - Drum Sequencing • Theresa Sementilli Bonner - Backing Vocals • Matthew Gallo - Spoken Word
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