David Wilcox - Guitar Shopping Lyrics
from What You Whispered..............................................There's a guitar here in the windowI'd like to play before its soldIts such a classic, mint conditionGreat shape for one this oldNow all these axes have their storiesOf the gigs that they have seenBut when this one sold the first timeI was seventeen'Course back then I didn't want itit was way too new for meI needed something old and righteouswith its own authoritySo the first guitar I ever boughtWas twice as old as meCause its life was full of musicAs I dreamed that mine might beAnd I played that thing a thousand nightsAnd traded it awayFor something slightly newerThat was easier to playBut now lately I buy new guitars,They're shiny as a hearseI still like the look of road wear,But the roles have been reversedAnd now this thing is a classicBut I still don't need to buyYeah the old ones have their storiesBut by now, so do I..............................................Lyrics reprinted by kind permission of Soroka Music Ltd., all rights reserved
