Diamonds In The Rough

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John Prine

жанры: folk, bluegrass, gospel
альбомы: Diamonds in the Rough

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While walking out, one evening
Not knowing where to go
Just to pass the time away
Before we held our showI heard a little mission band
Playing with all their might
I gave my soul to Jesus
And left the show that nightThe day will soon be over
And evening will be gone
No more gems to be gathered
So let us all press onWhen Jesus comes to claim us
And says it is enough
The diamonds will be shining
No longer in the rough

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Это интересно:Prine is the son of William Prine and Verna Hamm. Prine himself started playing guitar at age 14, taught by his brother, David. He was a postman for five years and served in the Army before beginning his musical career in Chicago.In the late 1960s, while Prine was still delivering mail in Maywood, Illinois, he began to sing at open-mic evenings at the Fifth Peg on Armitage Avenue. Prine was initially a spectator, reluctant to perform, but eventually did so in response to a "You think you can do better?" comment made to him by another performer. Chicago Sun-Times movie critic Roger Ebert heard him there and wrote the first review Prine ever received, calling him a great songwriter.... продолжение

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