JEALOUS STRINGS * soulful blues

Pre-Chorus I found my voice, I found my flame, built my songs, carved out my name. You hear my songs and turn away; your silence louder than what you play. Verse 1: We were kids chasing fire. You lit your life on a six‑string wire. Forty years, the spotlight dimmed, still you play, but the crowd’s not in. Chorus (anthemic, soaring) Jealous strings, screaming in the night, A friend of mine that won’t shed any light. You think I’m a fake and say I can only write, then you turn away and hide behind your day! Excuses, abuses, you say work, work, work, the longer you hide, the bigger the jerk! Verse 2 That’s okay, I give you a pass because I know you too well, and when you look in the mirror, you see a jealous ass! You’ll never admit it, not even to yourself, but you won’t fight. You hide behind the chords you know, while I’m burning bright, I steal the show. Jealous strings, they cut so deep, A bond we had, too hard to keep. Chorus (anthemic, soaring) Jealous strings, screaming in the night, A friend of mine that won’t shed any light. You think I’m a fake and say I can only write, then you turn away and hide behind your day! Excuses, abuses, you say work, work, work, the longer you hide, the bigger the jerk! Bridge (heavy riff, breakdown) Call my name, but you never will, your envy’s the song that kills. Your guitar cries, but won’t confess, that jealousy’s the tune you press. Verse 3 I told you there’s a way to rise, A steppingstone right before your eyes. But pride’s a chain, it holds you down, you’d rather drown than share the sound. Final Chorus (repeat, crowd, chant) Jealous strings, screaming in the night, A friend I used to know, we were once tight! Been 50 years now, and I’m going to say, “I’m just as guilty, in my own way”. I was the first one to drift away! Outro Opiates and freebase engulfed and had me, till the very end of my given days. The music’s ours, it always was, but you can’t forgive the way it does. Jealous strings, they eventually fade, still I remember what we used to say, “friends till’ the end of time”, but you let jealousy take that away!