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by Rob B. - 04/21/24 08:40 PM
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This is a True Story back in the day I WAS a Star in Central Park. I made a Great Video....check it out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFYZVzfblSQ&feature=youtu.beI’M A STAR IN CENTRAL PARK I WRITE SONGS TELL MY STORIES FOR ALL THE WORLD TO HEAR BUT CANNOT FIND AN AUDIENCE THAT IS CLEAR I TRIED TO FIND A GIG BUT NO ONE HIRED ME BUT I WON’T GIVE UP I PRACTICED HARD AT MY GUITAR AND MEMORISED MY SONGS BOUGHT NEW STRINGS AND SHINED IT UP YES I FELT STRONG THAT PEOPLE WILL LIKE ME IF ONLY THEY COULD SEE ME SING MY SONGS GONNA GO GET MY GUITAR AND HEAD OUT TO THE PARK FIND A PLACE UN DER A BIG OLD TREE AND PLAY TILL DARK I WILL PLAY FOR FREE FOR ALL TO SEE SEE ME I FOUND A PLACE BY A BIG OLD TREE AND OPENED UP MY CASE TOOK OUT MY OVATION AND PUT ON MY BEST FACE THIS IS WHERE I’LL START I’LL PRETEND I’M ON A STAGE JUST PRETEND I’LL PLAY MY SONGS WITH ALL MY HEART AND LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY AND HOPE SOME PEOPLE STOP AND LISTEN AND MAKE MY DAY I’M GONNA DO MY BEST AND HOPE I’LL PASS THE TEST AND I’LL SING MY SONGS (CHORUS) I PRETENDED I WAS PLAYING AT A FANCY CONCERT HALL MADE BELIEVE IT WAS NOT A PARK WERE THEY PLAYED BASEBALL I HAD NO GREAT PA NO AMP WITH ME TODAY I WAS ALL ALONE BUT ONE BY ONE THEY’D STOP AND LISTEN AND SOME WOULD SMILE MY WAY THEY’D THROW SOME MONEY IN MY CASE AND MAKE MY DAY I WAS A STAR IN CENTRAL PARK I PLAYED ALL DAY TILL DARK A STAR IN CENTRAL PARK
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Hi Barry,
Great little song -- had me tapping my toes throughout!
Lisa
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i like this story Barry.Playing out in the open is like playing for the world.Mike
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Thanks Lisa.....it is a true story...lol BUT it was a million years ago. Now I play in my Backyard to the birds....lol
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Thanks Mike......wish I could go back to those days but now I play to Nobody...even my wife is sick of me and my songs and my stupid unrealistic dreams. B
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Never give up Barry as someone once said "he who dares wins" Travis
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Oscar Wilde
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Hey -- are you calling me and Michael NOBODIES?!
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Oh, I just saw Travis here. Okay, Travis is a nobody -- but not me and Michael!!!!
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I didn't mean YOU GUYS are nobodies....you guys are the only Somebody's that occasionally do listen and LOVE you for it. I try and comment as much as I can also.
Nobody meant OUT THERE.....WE ALL would like a larger Audience as that is ONE of the reason we create art....and that's to share with others. OF COURSE it's Fun but I think I create mostly to try and share it with others.....why else do we receive these songs if it's NOT to share?
Any way.....you guys are ALL Somebodies....lol Thank God for this Group....keeps me sane. AND a lot of talent here......
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I started out as a nobody,who want's fame! I'd hate those begging letters anyhow.Doesn't stop me from sending them mind you
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Oscar Wilde
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Hiya Barry,
Well you can take the boy out of the park, but you can't take the park out of the boy! You clearly enjoyed that performing experience Barry, and it comes across really nicely in the song.
Personally, I am a total sucker for all sorts of street musicians/performers, so I thought I'd toss out a variant you might consider on one of your lines:
I'LL PLAY MY SONGS WITH ALL MY HEART AND LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY AND HOPE SOME PEOPLE STOP AND LISTEN AND MAKE MY THEIR DAY
Anyway, KOS as always....
Thanks for sharing -- the video too....
Beth
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Thanks for the nice comment and the change in line...I'll see. Love the Buskers.
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Afraid NOT Bugsey.....I don't look that good...LOLLOLOL
But I spent a LOT of time at that park from 1967-1975 as I lived on 306 E. 71st St. in Manhattan....Miss those times.... B
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Barry , I really liked the story . Nice song . All the best Jan
"You have to react to what's around you in the moment, whatever the music is. Just think of it as some place you have to enter and you need to find the key."
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Hey Jan....thanks for taking the time to comment. Do they have a lot of Buskers in Norway? Barry
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Hey Jan....thanks for taking the time to comment. Do they have a lot of Buskers in Norway? Barry Not on every street corner but yes we have :-) spring and summer it's mostly east Europeans buskers that fill the street with folklore and gypsy music . I really enjoy that . All the best Jan
"You have to react to what's around you in the moment, whatever the music is. Just think of it as some place you have to enter and you need to find the key."
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