JIMI'S SONG Lyrics

I was just a boy about nine years old

I heard him play guitar and it changed my world

In his early years he asked me, are you experienced

I replied insecurely, no, not yet, not yet

I played along to all his songs, practiced till my fingers bled

The sound of his music soothed my manic depression

I wonder what he would have played if he lived today

An inspiration to a whole generation

He never knew what he left behind

From vinyl reference I learned purple haze

It's funny I still play it to this day

I wonder what he would have played if he lived today

Foxy lady was a girl who rocked my world

When I took her hand I was bold as love

Violins and trumpets played in my head

And I learned his chord before I was ten

I played along to all his songs, practiced till my fingers bled

The sound of his music soothed my manic depression

I wonder what he would have played if he lived today

An inspiration to a whole generation

He never knew what he left behind

From vinyl reference I learned purple haze

It's funny I still play it to this day

I wonder what he would have played if he lived today

I still can't believe he's really gone

If he was still here he'd be eighty years young

Just like him I cut my teeth in venues big and small

I still play Jimmy's songs up until the day I die

The sound of his music soothed my manic depression

I wonder what he would have played if he lived today

An inspiration to a whole generation

He never knew what he left behind

From vinyl reference I learned purple haze

It's funny I still play it to this day

I wonder what he would have played if he lived today