When I came to London this was all I owned except for my guitar of course the jacket would keep me warm as would my dreams
I was looking for heaven in the world of music singing till my voice was hoarse my fingers blistered soaking in the young girls screams
was it fame that I wanted or was it that I wanted to be wanted I loathed the thought of remorse if I didn't give it my all it was one of my recurring themes
so I scrimped and saved and practiced non stop my craft I kept my mum as my source of determination and grit basking in her smiling beams
the corduroy jacket has become thread bared my dreams have run their course I never became a superstar but I got what I needed it seems
Gomer LePoet...
Piece created based on a comment by Scottish musician, Al Stewart, on the beginning of his career.