LYRIC FOR SALE

By piccolo peet

Piccolo Pete©2015

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As the nurses turned the lights out , Piccolo Pete just came to life
The atmosphere was always so tense , you could cut it with a knife
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I was only a young kid at the time , laid up next to him in a hospital bed
But I really felt this man's music , and everything that he ever said
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his music was so magical , but i think that he always knew
Jazz is the music of lovers , when you know your love is true
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They said that he was a jazz player , and he really was Piccolo Pete
He used to play for Al Capone , and i wondered where they used to meet
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He use to really twist his body , to let his arm grab his musical case
This was the man who played Chicago , the man with the craggy face
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I use to watch him through the day , and he never moved an inch
His body was always so motionless , and his closed eyes didn't ever flinch
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but as the nurses turned the lights out , Piccolo Pete just came to life
The atmosphere was always so tense , you could cut it with a knife
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He use to play for me in the hospital , when he was dying in his bed
At 11 o'clock every evening , his music could have woken up the dead

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As the nurses turned the lights out , Piccolo Pete just came to life
The atmosphere was always so tense , you could cut it with a knife
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Piccolo Pete's gone up to heaven , to play his magic tunes
The lord loved him so so much , he took him from us way to soon
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The man with the golden piccolo , has finally passed away
As the bells at St Philips rang out , the tower began to sway
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He played just like an angel , like he was marking time
And when he dropped his piccolo , it was for the final time
He played just like an angel , like he was marking time
Like he was marking time , like he was marking time

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On the night he passed away , his music just came alive
His fingers wouldn't stop playing , until he had finished his favourite tune
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The people in the next ward , said it went on late into the night
His music was enchanting , it just made your heart go boom
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His music was so special , loved by all those in those jazzy bars
as i was listening to his music , i felt myself drifting off to mars
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What a way to go for a man , who gave the world so much love and pleasure
The time i spent next to him in hospital , is something that i,ll always treasure
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I ended up in a hospital bed , and they put me next to a very very old man
But by the time that I had left that hospital , I was his biggest fan
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All the ward beds were still vibrating , but nobody ever knew his real name
The music that he played , took away everybody's anger and their pain
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His music was so personal to him , and nobody else could ever play his notes
If he was ever in a music competition , he would always get my votes
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And now he's gone up to heaven , to join the other angels in the band
His music will last forever , I'm so glad to have shaken his hand

Chorus
As the nurses turned the lights out , Piccolo Pete just came to life
The atmosphere was always so tense , you could cut it with a knife
*
Piccolo Pete's gone up to heaven , to play his magic tunes
The lord loved him so so much , he took him from us way to soon
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The man with the golden Piccolo , has finally passed away
As the bells at St Philips rang out , the tower began to sway
*
He played just like an angel , like he was marking time
And when he dropped his Piccolo , it was for the final time
He played just like an angel , like he was marking time
Like he was marking time , like he was marking time