Mickey Newbury - How Many Times Must the Piper Be Paid for His Song Lyrics

Lyrics How Many Times Must the Piper Be Paid for His Song - Mickey Newbury



Morning came and found her at the window
With her nose pressed to the glass
The dew was like a broken diamond necklace
Left scattered on the grass
She slipped from my side
She stands at the window and watches the rain
Lord, I wish I was blind
And could not read her mind and see all her pain
But from here where I lie
I can see the tears in her eyes
As she quietly cries out for him, not for me
How many times must the piper be paid for his song?
Her shattered dream
It's like broken glass cuttin' through to her soul
It's leaving her naked mind alone now
To tremble and cry in the cold
Any day now she knows that he'll call
Lord, she's wonderin' if I'll be around
When he's gone and she's left to fall
How many times must the piper be paid for his song?
Well, the sun fell through the window
The morning was filled with the singin' of birds
Will she ever remember?
He sung the songs but forgot all the words
From here where I lie
I can see the tears in her eyes as she quietly cries
Then she turns and she walks back to me
How many times must the piper be paid for his song?



Writer(s): Mickey Newbury


Mickey Newbury - An American Trilogy
Album An American Trilogy
date of release
16-05-2011

1 Write a Song a Song / Angeline
2 She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye
3 I Don't Think Much About Her No More
4 T. Total Tommy
5 33rd of August / when the Baby In My Lady Gets the Blues
6 San Francisco Mable Joy
7 Looks Like Baby's Gone
8 An American Trilogy
9 How Many Times Must the Piper Be Paid for His Song
10 Interlude
11 The Future's Not What It Used to Be
12 Mobile Blue
13 'Frisco Depot
14 You're Not My Same Sweet Baby
15 Remember the Good
16 Swiss Cottage Place
17 How I Love Them Old Songs
18 Heaven Help the Child
19 Good Morning, Dear
20 Sunshine
21 Sweet Memories
22 Why You Been Gone so Long
23 Cortelia Clark
24 Song for Susan
25 San Francisco Mabel Joy
26 If You Want Me To, I'll Go
27 Sad Satin Rhyme
28 I Don't Wanna Rock
29 Let Me Stay Awhile
30 Flower Man
31 On Top of Old Smokey
32 Interlude: How Many Times (Must the Piper Be Paid for His Song) for His Song)
33 Better Days
34 I Don't Want Me No Big City Woman
35 You're Not My Same Same Sweet Baby




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