Clarence Lyrics

Clarence

I must have been about seventeen

Strumming my first guitar

When he performed on stage in town

Among some other stars

Hair overshadowed his eyes

Like the Untitled cover shows

On the right that ringing twelve string

And me somewhere in the front rows

With his Tele strapped up high

Eyes staring somewhere far

While his tones pierced the sky

Clear as a bell

Right through the crowd

His string bender calls

And whines out loud

Clawing a crater in my heart

Leaving my head in clouds

He wasn't much of a talker

His dark voice stuck in his beard

But when he took out his acoustic

Some amazing picking was heard

Groaning wood in the basses

Cross after beats as well

Speeding up the melodies

That guitar was under his spell

With his Tele strapped up high

Eyes staring somewhere far

While his tones pierced the sky

Clear as a bell

Right through the crowd

His string bender calls

And whines out loud

Clawing a crater in my heart

Leaving my head in clouds

I must have been about seventeen

Strumming my first guitar

When he performed on stage in town

Among some other stars

With his Tele strapped up high

Eyes staring somewhere far

While his tones pierced the sky

Clear as a bell

Right through the crowd

His string bender calls

And whines out loud

Clawing a crater in my heart

Leaving my head in clouds