Many of my early songs were folk style tales inspired by a lifelong reading habit (I`m thankful now we had no tv `til I was hooked on books).
Slowly sorting and rerecording/remixing those songs for a playlist, I felt the need for a title song; here it is.
...and before you ask; I announced a displeasure with our location and desire to leave home to my mother at age 6.
Didn`t get much beyond the garden gate `til later.
The first verse is based on a news report of a gutsier young boy in Eastern Europe somewhere who did get a few miles "round the world" before being apprehended.

Saved By Stories

Style is _FLKSWAG.STY (Folk Swing Acoustic Guitar w/ Ba)

RealTracks in style: ~1136:Bass, Acoustic-Guitar, FolkSwing Sw 110
RealTracks in style: ~1679:Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking CountryBrent Sw 120
RealTracks in style: ~1142:Ukulele, Strumming FolkSwing Sw 110
RealTracks in style: 2440:Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking FolkySwing Sw 110
RealTracks in song: 2855:Harmonica, Background CountrySwingJellyRoll Sw 120
RealDrums [in style:JazzBrushes#1: a: JazzBrushes#1b: JazzBrushes#1



Saved By Stories

in his pockets a toy offroader
spare change a banana
he got two buses round the world with no coat

there he slept in a thicket
heard a voice"dinner in 5 minutes"
made for home before someone found his note

by no means discouraged
he read Huck Finn under the covers
his life would be adventures in quotes

some fall headlong into a song
lost in the light on a page
this boy was saved by stories

in his room he built a reading railroad
the tracks of his tomorrows
laid one tall tale at a time

when that train pulled in the station
he`d found his truth in fiction
birds of words took him out the window flying

some fall headlong into a song
movie heroes you played made you brave
this boy was saved by stories

he`s heard eternity can seem long
when he goes throw Treasure Island
Great Expectations into his grave
this boy was saved by stories


© Robert Cordrey April 2019