he used to play mouth organ
in a folk club they called the lady jane
all the sounds as his friends and he would holler
songs of love and songs of pain
there wasn't much that he could use his time for
so he used to practice everyday
and play the mouth organ the blues and hard luck
someday soon I'm gonna break away
he used to listen to the bells of st marys
as they would echo through those early days
and sometimes even now he thinks that he still hears them
although they're but a thousand miles away
and so he came into this crazy business
and do you know the stars all fell his way
and he became another rock and roll troubador
and threw the mouth organ far away
and so he listens to the bells of st marys
and so their echo haunts him every day
so clear that he could reach out and touch them
although they're but a thousand miles away
although they're but a thousand miles away