Busker on the Bridge Steps

Lyrics

Open the case on the cold stone ground
Tune the strings to the morning sound
Coats go by in a hurry and rush
I play to the pigeons and the early hush
One coin rings, then another one lands
A child stops still with her mittens in her hands

Sing it loud on the bridge steps, let it fly
Every passing stranger is a song going by
Nobody owes me a listen, that's fine
But I'll play like the whole town's mine
Sing it loud on the bridge steps, hear it ring
Even a little tune can lift a wing
Sing it loud, sing it plain
Make a bright thing out of the rain

A man in a suit taps his foot in time
Pretends he isn't, but the beat is mine
An old woman hums the harmony low
She knew this tune a long time ago
The river's moving, the clouds are wide
And I've got a song and the whole day outside

Sing it loud on the bridge steps, let it fly
Every passing stranger is a song going by
Nobody owes me a listen, that's fine
But I'll play like the whole town's mine
Sing it loud on the bridge steps, hear it ring
Even a little tune can lift a wing
Sing it loud, sing it plain
Make a bright thing out of the rain

Some days the hat is light
Some days the sky is grey
But a tune is a tune in the open air
And it's mine to give away
Clap along if you've got the time
Hum along if you've got the rhyme

Sing it loud on the bridge steps, let it fly
Every passing stranger is a song going by
Nobody owes me a listen, that's fine
But I'll play like the whole town's mine
Sing it loud on the bridge steps, hear it ring
Even a little tune can lift a wing
Sing it loud, sing it plain
Make a bright thing out of the rain

Make a bright thing out of the rain
Make a bright thing out of the rain