Could Be
John Musto * Track #4 On Shadow of the Blues
Could Be Lyrics
Could be Hastings Street
Or Lenox Avenue
Could be 18th & Vine
And still be true
Could be 5th & Mound
Could be Rampart:
When you pawned my watch
You pawned my heart
Could be you love me
Could be that you don’t
Might be that you’ll come back
Like as not you won’t
Hastings Street is weary
Also Lenox Avenue
Any place is dreary
Without my watch and you
Could Be Q&A
Who wrote Could Be's ?
Could Be was written by John Musto & Langston Hughes.
What did John Musto say about "Could Be"?
When asked about the difference between a great poem and a great song lyric, Musto cited this song:
You’re given this little bit of information and you get deeper and deeper into this character … That’s the kind of lyric that keeps an audience “now what’s going to happen?” on the edge of their seat...
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