Song For Richard Collopy-Sun Kil Moon

[ti:Song For Richard Collopy] [ar:Sun Kil Moon] [al:Among The Leaves] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Song For Richard Collopy - Sun Kil Moon [00:13.60]He worked from morning to ten at night sometimes three am [00:19.16] [00:19.87]Fixing guitars for a living honing and polishing frets [00:25.38] [00:26.23]Setting the intonation and set the action good [00:31.73] [00:32.72]Carving saddles from ox bone bridges from Brazilian wood [00:37.82] [00:38.77]He fixed my old Gibson L double O [00:42.29] [00:44.29]He reset the neck used a patch of bondo [00:48.33] [00:50.07]Near the sound-hole where the wood wore away [00:54.58] [00:55.28]From many years of age and hard play [01:00.19] [01:00.93]Sometime he'd leave without warning and just close up shop [01:06.22] [01:06.97]No sign no message no call no nothing he just stopped [01:12.15] [01:13.63]Coming to work and picking up the telephone [01:19.59]I left more than a few messages for him after the tone [01:25.96]All summer he wouldn't return my calls [01:30.92]Hey Richard I'd like my guitar back by fall [01:36.35]Got a record to make and a promise to bring [01:41.18] [01:42.26]A tour in England a smile to feigng [01:46.26] [01:47.56]September or maybe October he called and said it was done [01:53.41] [01:53.93]I got in the taxi and got my guitar and man that thing sung [02:00.29]Like a choir of angels and the neck it felt great [02:05.93] [02:06.46]And that was the last time i saw him late 2008 [02:12.48] [02:13.08]Why Richard Collopy Why Richard Why [02:17.31] [02:18.01]Did you have to go off with the birds in the sky [02:22.59] [02:23.98]You were the best guitar guy out west [02:28.56]I cherish your work and wish you good rest [02:33.29] [02:34.67]Why Richard Collopy Why Why [02:38.60] [02:39.71]Did you have to lie down and close your eyes [02:44.84] [02:45.57]Close down your shop and not say goodbye [02:50.23]I'll own this guitar for the rest of my life [02:54.76] [02:55.55]I'll play this guitar for the rest of my life [03:00.41] [03:01.57]Why Richard Collopy Why Richard Why [03:05.45] [03:07.23]Why Richard Collopy Why Richard Why