3433
A big debut and rave reviews, a great career to climb
3434
Finally they got to him, he would take the fling.
3435
A concert agent in New York agreed to have him sing.
-“BB”-
3436
And there were plane tickets, phone calls, money spent to rent the hall.
3437
It took most of his savings but he gladly used them all
3438
But music was his life, it was not his livelihood,
3439
And it made him feel so happy and it made him feel so good.
3440
And he sang from his heart and he sang from his soul.
3441
He did not know how well he sang; It just made him whole.
3442
The evening came, he took the stage, his face set in a smile.
3443
And in the half filled hall the critics sat watching on the aisle.
3444
But the concert was a blur to him, spatters of applause.
3445
He did not know how well he sang, he only heard the flaws.
3446
But the critics were concise, it only took four lines.
3447
But no one could accuse them of being over kind.
3448
"Mr. Martin Tanner, Baritone, of Dayton, Ohio made his Town Hall debut last night.
3449
He came well prepared, but unfortunately
3450
His presentation was not up to contemporary professional standards.
3451
His voice lacks the range of tonal color necessary to make it consistently interesting.
3452
Full time consideration of another endeavor might be in order."