The Guitar Song (feat. Bill Anderson)

I'm just an old guitar in a pawn shop down on the corner

And I'm waiting for somebody to come by and play me now and then

My strings are kinda rusty and I'm a little dusty

Oh, but you'd be too if you'd been where I've been

I did some shows with Haggard back in 1967

And I'm just dying for somebody to come by and play me back home

Yeah, I'm just and old guitar

In a pawn shop on the corner

Hey, come on by and listen to my song

Wow, Haggard, huh?

I ain't never met him

But I've seen at least a million of those tiny smokey bar rooms

And I've helped to heal some heartaches

And I've helped to sell some beer

And the last one that held me just couldn't wait to sell me

And for twenty dollars, left me hanging here

But I dream about the spot light and the roaring of the people

And I wonder if I'm ever gonna hear 'em sing along

I'm just a guitar in the pawn shop on the corner

Hey, come on by and listen to my song

Yeah, you probably won't believe this

But I played in El Paso one time with Marty

(Marty Robbins?)

Yeah, and I played in Saginaw with Lefty

(Oh)

One night Johnny got to a show

And he didn't have his guitar with him

He picked me up out of the case and

Played me right there on that stage

(Oh, that's cool)

Yes, he did

Oh, I've got a lot of memories

And a song or two left in me

And some day somebody will pick me up and play me back home

I'm just a guitar in the pawn shop on the corner

Hey, come on by and listen to my song

Won't you come on by and listen to my song?