Guitar Shopping

from What You Whispered .............................................. There's a guitar here in the window I'd like to play before its sold Its such a cla*sic, mint condition Great shape for one this old Now all these axes have their stories Of the gigs that they have seen But when this one sold the first time I was seventeen 'Course back then I didn't want it it was way too new for me I needed something old and righteous with its own authority So the first guitar I ever bought Was twice as old as me Cause its life was full of music As I dreamed that mine might be And I played that thing a thousand nights And traded it away For something slightly newer That was easier to play But now lately I buy new guitars, They're shiny as a hearse I still like the look of road wear, But the roles have been reversed And now this thing is a cla*sic But I still don't need to buy Yeah the old ones have their stories But by now, so do I .............................................. Lyrics reprinted by kind permission of Soroka Music Ltd., all rights reserved © 2000 published by Midnight Ocean Bonfire Music (ASCAP)/Cindy Lou My Dear (ASCAP), a division of Soroka Music Ltd.