Old Guitars
She gave me an old guitar
She said teach yourself to play
You've been lookin' kind of bored
Maybe this will fill your day
She went out and I stayed in
And I struggled with that thing
She went west and I stayed east
And I tried my best to sing
And I sang Sam and Dave
Catch that wave
The Boss and Buddy Holly
And every happy song I sang
Sounded melancholy
I learned C and G
and D and E
and F and F sharp minor
And in my mind when she walked out
I'd gone to Carolina
And I went
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Hearts can break just like a string
Old guitars can't fix a thing
I Put that Martin in it's case
With the memory of her face
Where it stayed to gather dust
And I waited for someone to trust
Couldn't stand to twist and shout
Not too much to sing about
No more Dave ClarkFive, Four Seasons
Three Dog Night, Too Hot to Handle
When even Mozart leaves me cold
Brahms and Bach and Handel
Creedance, Creech and Croce
Couldn't get my heart a pumpin'
Jimmy Smack would not come back
Jack Flash wasn't jumpin'
no more
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Fifteen years have come and gone
And my wife hands me this old axe
She said I wanna hear you play
Watch your face as you relax
You've got six more shiny strings
And you've got me alone tonight
Stroke that neck and of me
Hold that guitar nice and tight
And I sang Don and Phil
Fool on the hill
The Band and Van and Lyle
But every sad sad song I sang
I sang with a smile
I learned Marvin Gay
Dock of the Bay
The Spinners and The Blue Notes
Goffin King and Boyce and Hart
Even some that I wrote
And I went
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I feel fine, Patsy Kline
The king and Sting and Bonnie
Maybe we could harmonize
Just like June and Johnny
Zimmerman, the Glimmer Twins
And both the Neils, Young and Diamond
Monkeys Turtles, Drifters, Coasters,
Jackson and the Osmonds
One more time
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