John Prine (born October 10, 1946 in Maywood, Illinois) is an American country/folk singer/songwriter who has achieved widespread critical (and some commercial) success since the early 1970s. The son of William Prine and Verna Hamm, his grandfather had played guitar with Merle Travis and he started playing guitar himself at 14 years old. He was a postman for 5 years and spent a couple of years in the army before starting his musical career in the Chicago area. He emerged in 1971 with a highly acclaimed debut album titled John Prine. He and friend Steve Goodman (another folk singer/songwriter) had been minor stars in the Chicago folk scene before being "discovered" by Kris Kristofferson.
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John Prine
While out sailing on the ocean
While out sailing on the sea
I bumped into the saviour
And he said pardon me
I said jesus you look tired
He said jesus so do you,
Sit down son
cause I got some fat to chew
Chorus:
Everybody needs somebody that they can talk to
Someone to open up their ears
And let that trouble through
Now you dont have to sympathize
Or care what they may do
But everybody needs somebody that they can talk to
Well he spoke to me of morality
Starvation, pain and sin
Matter of fact the whole dang time
I only got a few words in
But I wont squawck
Let em talk
Hell its been a long long time
And any friend thats been turned down
Is bound to be a friend of mine
(repeat chorus)
Now we sat there for an hour or two
Just eatin that gospel pie
When around the bend come a terrible wind
And lightning lit the sky
He said so long son I gotta run
Appreciate you listening to me
And I believe I heard him sing these words
As he skipped out across the sea
(repeat chorus)