Track 12 of the album Ice in the Glass · 2012
Pawn Shop Saxophone
“A horn in a pawn shop window waiting for somebody to need it. We closed the record with it because it felt like an honest ending.”
jazz · nostalgic jazz · cool jazz · 3:28
Lyrics
There's a horn in the pawn shop window Dusty gold in the evening light Somebody played it once on Fridays Somebody needed rent that night The tag says twenty dollars But the price was never right Saxophone in the window Waiting for lips to come Every note is still inside it Every song is still not done Saxophone in the window Someone will blow you home I walked by it every Tuesday Hat pulled low against the rain Then one night I stopped and listened Swore I heard a soft refrain Just the wind inside the bell Calling out a name Saxophone in the window Waiting for lips to come Every note is still inside it Every song is still not done Saxophone in the window Someone will blow you home I'm no player, I'm just a singer But I know what lonely sounds like So I counted out my dollars Asked the old man for the horn tonight He said, take it, treat it kindly It remembers how to shine Now it's sitting by my piano Warm and gold beside the lamp Friends come by and take a turn Soft notes in the evening damp Nothing here is ever lost Just waiting for a hand Saxophone in the window Waiting for lips to come Every note is still inside it Every song is still not done Saxophone by the window Now it's singing home