Open Stage Tonight! Words and Music by Brian Griffin (4-10-01) It’s Wednesday night and I’m heading down Heading down Grandview way Breaking up the weekly routine There’s a place I want to stay Listening to the acoustic music So many great things to hear Going down to the Open Stage tonight Down at the Thirsty Ear People with guitars come in one by one Drop their name in the old top hat At 8’o clock Donna draws them out She lets you know where you are at If we are lucky, she may do a set And grace us with her songs At 8:30 the lights go up It’s the moment we’ve been waiting for so long Everthing is gonna be alright Here at the Open Stage tonight Over at the bar is Crazy Pete Sitting and talking with James and Jim Ebn’s at a table with his group of friends They may get up and play with him Lisa’s voice flows like sweet honey Her heart hanging on every line Then it’s Al’s turn to get up and play the crowd goes wild as he slides Derek is lifted to the stage His hands move fast to make up for his legs He plays more notes in 15 minutes Then the rest of us can ever hope to play Jerry the owner sings some Beatles songs And the crowd gets in on the act Then Jason comes along and sings A heartfelt song about his cat Me- I go and play my 3 chord songs About getting off the Sidelines and Finding My Voice Hoping that someone has the ears to hear When they hear, they have a choice Everthing here is gonna be alright Hanging at the open stage tonight There’s the ones who come in once in a while There’s the ones who play and never come back again But as long as there is a Wednesday night There will always be a place for them I only plan to hang around a little while But I end up staying all night Once again caught up in the wild wonder Of the Open Stage tonight. It’s Wednesday night and I’m heading down Heading down Grandview way Breaking up the weekly routine There’s a place I want to stay Listening to the acoustic music So many great things to hear Going down to the Open Stage tonight- Down at the Thirsty Ear