Tower Of Song

I don’t want anyone to get alarmed.

I know they’ve probably never seen one of these before.

But it goes by itself.

cheering

Well, my friends are gone

And my hair is grey

I ache in the places Where I used to play

And I’m crazy for love

But I’m not coming on

I’m just paying my rent Every day

In the Tower of Song

scatting

I said to Hank Williams How lonely does it get?

Hank Williams hasn’t Answered me yet

But I hear him coughing

All night long

scatting

A hundred floors above me In the Tower of Song

crowd cheering

-You’re very kind. -crowd laughs

I was born like this I had no choice

I was born with the gift Of a golden voice

loud cheering

And twenty seven angels Drom the great beyond

scatting

They tied me to this table Right here

In the Tower of Song

So you can stick Your little pins In that voodoo doll

I’m very sorry, baby Doesn’t look like me at all

I’m standing by the window

Where the light is strong

scatting

Ah, they don’t let A woman kill you

Not in the Tower of Song

Now you can say That I’ve grown bitter

But of this you may be sure

The rich have got their Channels in the bedrooms Of the poor

And there’s a mighty Judgment coming

But I may be wrong

You see, you hear These funny voices

In the Tower of Song

scatting

I see you standing On the other side

I don’t know how the river Got so wide

I loved you, baby

Way back when

And all the bridges Are burning that We might have crossed

But I feel so close To everything we lost

We’ll never Never have to lose it again

So I bid you farewell I don’t know When I’ll be back

There moving us tomorrow To that tower down the track

But you’ll be hearing From me, darling

Long after I’m gone

scatting

I’ll be speaking To you sweetly From a window

In the Tower of Song

Yeah, my friends are gone And my hair is grey

I ache in the places Where I used to play

And I’m crazy for love

But I’m not coming on

I’m just paying my rent Every day

Oh, in the Tower of Song

scatting

Don’t stop.

Don’t leave me alone.

Don’t ever stop.

Sing me to bed, sing me through the morning.

Because…

I’m so grateful to you, because, tonight…

It’s become clear to me…

Tonight the great mysteries have unraveled.

And I’ve penetrated to the very core of things.

And I have stumbled on the answer.

And I am not the sort of chap

that would keep this to himself.

Do you want to hear the answer?

crowd shouting Yes!

Are you truly hungry for the answer?

crowd shouting Yes!

Then you’re just the people I want to tell it to.

Because it’s a rare thing to come up on this.

I’m gonna let you in on it now.

The answer to the mysteries…

Webb sisters scatting

Doo dum dum dum da Doo dum dum

crowd cheering