Tilt Billings And The Student Prince — текст песни (kottke leo)

Tilt Billings and the Student Prince
by Leo Kottke, Ron Nagle
Copyright 1973 Overdrive Music/ASCAP
recorded by Leo Kottke on:
1973 Ice Water (Capitol)
1978 Leo Kottke The Best (Capitol)
Tilt Billings saw a guitar in a pawn shop window
Not much to look at but he knew that he`d found
That old Student Prince that they made years ago
So easy to play - what unbeatable sound!
Paid twenty bucks and grabbed his guitar
Still be a steal at ten times the dough
It was amazing how a mere beginner
Could play just a few notes and sound like a pro
He`d play his heart out when he was at parties
Guys would get jealous - but girls were impressed
They`d ask how he did it he`d say
Nothin` to it, with this kind of guitar it brings out my best.
One night when he had the room captivated
He took five and set down his prince
When a drunk stumbled by and sat down where he laid it
And he`s never sounded quite the same since
Ron Nagle`s House Party:
So Tilt`s still upset but he`s givin` up crying
Just can`t lift his eyes from the sad, sad ground
Time marches on with its fingers still trying
To find, once again, that Student Prince sound.