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Original song I've made about legend Johnno of Johnno's Blues Band in Cairns Queensland Australia.
Transcript
00:00In the 70s and 80s he rode the wave
00:14Everybody knew his name
00:19His band was legendary
00:23And the crowds they came and came
00:26To dot his bar in cans
00:28They came to listen to the blues
00:31And Jono and his famous band
00:34Would play them all the tunes
00:36Life was good and life was bad
00:39To the man who wore a coat of many pockets
00:43He had a birthday every day
00:49And you had to buy a drink
00:52To talk to the blues man
00:54Life can be good and life can be bad
01:01When all you've got is the blues
01:04From Dottie's bar to a nightclub bar with his name
01:12His fame grew and grew
01:15And he became a local star
01:18A legend, a name people spoke with awe
01:22And kept coming back for more and more
01:27All his life he played the blues
01:31He had no regular job
01:34Blues is his life and his life is blues
01:37That is what he does
01:40As a young man adored by many
01:43Who hung on every note plate
01:45To an old man now on a street corner
01:48Busking the night away
01:50Life was good and life was bad
01:53To the man who wore a coat of many pockets
01:57He had a birthday every day
02:03And you had to buy a drink
02:06To talk to the blues man
02:08Life can be good
02:13And life can be bad
02:15When all you've got is the blues
02:19Life was good and life was bad
02:30To the man who wore a coat of many pockets
02:34He had a birthday every day
02:40And you had to buy a drink
02:43To talk to the blues man
02:45Life can be good
02:50And life can be bad
02:52When all you've got is the blues
02:54guitar solo

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