Johnson Square Lyrics

Each day I set up my act in Johnson square

I play my setlist by the fountain there

Patrons and passers-by pay minor mind

And from time to time they'll throw a dime

Into an open case

And on this day a woman walks to me

She breathes in deeply and sits next to me

With a smile she shakes my hand

Says she's my biggest fan

And with that, she's been wondering:

"This melody, enchanting me,

I've heard it oh so often, now

I've come to see, what does it mean?"

And so I tell her softly:

"If I keep playing this song she'll come home to me

And I won't stop strumming the chords while hope remains

She'll hear my words and write, hopefully

But I'm still singing along so come home to me"

Home to me

Home to me

Home to me, yeah

As the chords rang out and a Raven croaked

With watering eyes and a voice that choked

She said: "With such a voice and strings golden in the sun

She must be one foolish girl!"

But, "Don't blame her, for she sits closer than you think

Her eyes a gorgeous hazel-hue..."

These eyes grow wide with each new rhyme

She starts to realize

She'll come around, it's what her doctors say

Her memories, are like melodies

I've told her oh so often

Now, she starts to see, begs: "Play for me, these visions of our life"

When I keep playing this song she comes home to me

And I won't stop strumming the chords while hope remains

She's heard my words and they hold the keys: vivid memories

But I'm still singing along so come home to me

Home to me

Home to me

Home to me, yeah

When I keep playing this song she comes home to me

(Home to me)

And I won't stop strumming the chords while hope remains

(Hope remains)

She's heard my words and they hold the keys

(Memories)

But I'm still singing along though she's home with me

Home with me

Home with me

Home with me, yeah

Home with me

Each day we lovingly stroll in Johnson Square

We embrace gently by the fountain there