Trying to identify an old song...

[Zoltan]

So yeah, it's nearly driving me crazy : I know neither the artist nor the song name, having heard it but a few times on the radio. For the record, it's an old tune (sounded like from the 60's-70's to me). Also, I think that the artist is a male solo artist, and not a band.

What I remember of the lyrics goes more or less like this :

"I wrote a song about a man who's lost his way
And I met him for the first time yesterday"

... Googling that in any order amounted to zilch. The singer is male, but there's a female chorus answering him on some parts (repeating the "wrote a song" part for instance). The song is only vocals + piano as I remember.

It's not much to go by, I know ; thanks for any help that's offered.

 

[PiratesLife_ForMe]

The only thing that is coming to my mind is "Old Man" by Neil Young.

I don't think this is right, however.

Just a shot in the dark...

 

[Zoltan]

"I wrote a song about a man who didn't know himself
He searched for years to find a better way to be
I found the words inside my head upon a dusty shelf
And suddenly the song belong to me

I wrote a song about a man who found a way
And I met him for the first time yesterday

I went to meet him in the garden of my memories
He showed me things I'd seen but never really known
He told me stories of a time that I remember well
Long before the seeds were ever sown

I wrote a song about a man who lost his way
And he found it for the first time yesterday"

There's some more of the lyrics, but I still don't know the artist or the name of the song.

 

[iamkgb]

Maybe "Waiting to Be Saved" by Face to face?

The lyrics are similar but not quite the same.

 

[bountyhunter1]

Moon of Steel - After All ?

I tried googling the lyrics "garden of my memories" and this is the only song that came up