Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
SJ McDonald
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
SaraJane McDonald
Songwriter
Mia Mantia
Songwriter
Marti Dodson
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
SJ McDonald
Producer
Elton Charles
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
Verse:
Granddaddy took my dad
To the pawn shop
Had his eye on a Gibson flat top
Hanging on the wall
Behind the wedding bands
100 bucks was a lot back in ‘75
But he always said that you can’t
Put a price
On a dream that starts
With a tune and your two hands
Pre:
He’d sing me to sleep on worn out frets
His stage was the rocker by my bed
Chorus:
Watched them fingers fly
Like a pair of wings
Knew someday that I’d
Be strumming them strings
Life without a melody
Is just a bunch of words
You can’t stop a dreamer
And you can’t cage
A hummingbird
Verse 2:
Daddy played dive bar gigs, puttin’ food on the table,
But livin’ on tips meant he wasn’t able
To put a bow on a beater when I turned 16
Didn’t wanna go nowhere anyway
But my bedroom floor learning how to play
So that night he taught me Me and Bobby McGee
Chorus:
Watched them fingers fly
Like a pair of wings
Knew someday that I’d
Be strumming them strings
Life without a melody
Is just a bunch of words
You can’t stop a dreamer
And You Can’t cage
A hummingbird
Bridge:
Someday when this guitar’s all I have left
Every note I play will sing me back to him
Chorus:
Watched them fingers fly
Like a pair of wings
Knew someday that I’d
Be strumming them strings
Life without a melody
Is just a bunch of words
You can’t stop a dreamer
And You Can’t cage
A hummingbird
Written by: Marti Dodson, Mia Mantia, SaraJane McDonald