Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Song for Duke, artist - Judy Collins. Album song Original Album Series, in the genre Иностранный рок
Date of issue: 17.01.2010
Record label: Rhino Entertainment Company
Song language: English
Song for Duke |
I didn’t even know the man |
I didn’t know the man himself |
Even though his music filled my life |
As it has so many others |
I knew that he had died that week |
After fighting death a year or more |
But I had had a rule before |
That funerals were a waste of flowers |
But something said I had to go |
To be a witness to his gift of love |
A man who never once gave up on life |
Until death took him in his tracks |
The people stood around the church |
Ten thousand people there they say, or more |
Black and white, rich and poor |
Together they were there to say farewell |
In New York City it had rained that day |
The streets were silver and the sky was gray |
But in the church the music soared and sang |
And seemed to fill the air with shining sun |
The man was a hero |
He played the music of our souls |
He knew that we all have in us |
A place where beauty always grows |
Outside in the streets again |
The people wandered through the falling rain |
They waved their hands and dried their tears |
And turned to go about their lives again |
But none of us will be the same |
If we hear the things his music says |
That loving is the gift of life |
And making music was his way of love |
The man was a hero |
He played the music of our souls |
He knew that we all have in us |
A place where beauty always grows |