Billy Kemp - Requiem for an Organ Player Lyrics

There was a time when the crabs ran high
And my neighbor he played his organ at night
Us kids kept still to hear the music spill
Down the avenue ooh ooh ooh

During the day he earned his pay
With ink and paper at Hopkins Place
He had two sons one died young
And a daughter too ooh ooh ooh

Things were so good when the old man would
Play his songs on a hot summer night
You could walk by and hear the organ sigh
Deep down you felt everything was alright

The old man was nice he'd fix your bike
He took early retirement to be with his wife
They'd leave Baltimore go down the shore
For an ocean view ooh ooh ooh

Things were so good when the old man would
Play his songs on a hot summer night
You could walk by and hear the organ sigh
Deep down you felt everything was alright

He went out on his bike for flowers for his wife
He never got to the store because they took his life
Two kids on the run with a stolen gun
What are you gonna do ooh ooh ooh

Things were so good when the old man would
Play his songs on a hot summer night
You could walk by and hear the organ sigh
Deep down you felt everything was alright