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Lyrics of While I Play the Fiddle by Kenny Rogers
verse
The scene is a bar-room in second-rate dive
The address is 3rd Street and Vine
And I make the music to bring out the flavor
Of cigarettes, laughter and wine
verse
My sweetheart, she's dancing with some total stranger
I'm singing this song from my heart
While I make the music for honky-tonk people
I'm watching my world fall apart
chorus
Hi Diddle, Diddle, listen my fiddle
Is playing the music she loves so to hear
Forgotten I know is the man with the bow
While I play the fiddle
I'm watching my world disappear
verse
My love for that woman
Is almost as strong as her love for the music I play
But she could not live in the gardens and flowers
So here where she's happy to stay
verse
The scene is a bar-room in second-rate dive
On stage is a honky-tonk sound
I'm the one in the middle playing honky-tonk fiddle
I'm watching my world tumble down
chorus
Hi Diddle, Diddle, listen my fiddle
Is playing the music she loves so to hear
Forgotten I know is the man with the bow
While I play the fiddle
I'm watching my world disappear
outro
Hi Diddle, Diddle, listen my fiddle
Is playing the music she loves so to hear
Forgotten I know is the man with the bow
While I play the fiddle
I'm watching my world disappear
Writer(s): Ray Willis, Ronnie Sessions
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Kenny Rogers
Album • 1976 • 11 tracks
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While I Play the Fiddle
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