We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Prodigal Son

from Fretbuzz by John Egenes

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.
    Purchasable with gift card

      name your price

     

lyrics

In the wee hours of the morning, with a pencil in my hand
words down on a paper, trying to make a stand
fighting for redemption, things I’ve gotta say
just a one-way conversation with the ghost of yesterday

I’ve traded my security for the music that I write
it’s how I keep from going crazy in the middle of the night
when the sun comes up I realize it’s a small world after all
I’ve got my eyes on the horizon and my back against the wall.

I got one foot on a dirt road, taking me back home
one foot on a highway, set to run
like a prodigal son
like a prodigal son

Out on a lonely highway, there’s a man who writes a song
he’s a million miles from nowhere, in a place he don’t belong
and he prays to Saint Cecilia, and she answers with a tune
and as the feeling in his heart becomes a song
she sings along
she sings along

So I drink a glass of freedom and I know that I can’t win
it’s the miles I’ve put behind me that’ll finally do me in
sometimes I think about the money, fortune follows fame
but I’m inclined to take the road less traveled, just the same

I got one foot on a dirt road, taking me back home
one foot on a highway, ready to run
like a prodigal son
like a prodigal son
just like a prodigal son
like a prodigal son

credits

from Fretbuzz, released February 1, 2007
Alan Anderson: drums
Rob Burns: bass
Robert Scott: harmony vocal, acoustic guitar
Gunther Flutney: guiro, shaker
John Egenes: high strung guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, dobro

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

John Egenes Dunedin, New Zealand

Download anything you see here for free (you can pay if you want, but you don't have to...) Author, multi- instrumentalist and session musician for countless artists, producer, songwriter, all around likeable guy.

And you might want to read his book, Man & Horse: The Long Ride Across America
... more

contact / help

Contact John Egenes

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

John Egenes recommends:

If you like John Egenes, you may also like: