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fendrguitplayr
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Sep 25th, 2009 06:50 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search Topic
Guy Clark's latest album, "Somedays the Song Writes You," has a song titled "The Guitar" and the lyrics are certainly worth repeating here.

As he explains in the video below (shot at Austin's Cactus Club in February), Clark and Verlon Thompson wrote "The Guitar" as part of a songwriting seminar they held. It was forgotten for four years until someone from that seminar e-mailed Thompson the lyrics and they decided the song was worthy of being on an album.

------------------The Guitar-----------------
"Well, I was passing by a pawn shop in an older part of town
Something caught my eye and I stopped and turned around
I stepped inside and there I spied in the middle of it all
Was a beat up old guitar, hanging on the wall

What do you want for that peice of junk I asked the old man
He just smiled and took it down and he put it in my hand
Said, you tell me what it's worth, you're the one that wants it
Turn it up, play a song and let's just see what haunts it

So I hit a couple of chords in my old country way of strumming
And then my fingers turned to lightning, man, I never heard it coming
It was like I always knew it, I just don't know where I learned it
It wasn't nothing but the truth so I just rared back and burned it

Well, I lost all track of time, there was nothin I couldn't pick
Up and down the neck, man, I never missed a lick
The guitar almost played itself and there was nothing I could do
It was getting hard to tell just who was playing who
When I finally put it down I couldn't catch my breath

My hands were shaking and I was scared to death
The old man finally got up, said where in the hell you been
I been waitin all these years for you to stumble in
Then he took down an old dusty case and said go on, pack it up
You don't owe me nothin' and then he said good luck

There was something spooky in his voice and something strange in his face
And when he shut the lid I saw my name on the case"

If you ever have a chance to see these two old friends performing together, I'd highly recommend it. Great singer/songwriting and the pickin' ain't too shabby either!

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Sep 25th, 2009 08:42 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search Topic
I thoroughly enjoyed the lyrics and the performance....thanks for sharing.

fendrguitplayr
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Greater Boston

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Sep 26th, 2009 07:50 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search Topic
I had a similiar experience, but when (last line of song) he shut the lid, it said you can't afford me ;)

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Oct 18th, 2009 05:57 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search Topic
The Randall Knife song makes me teary eyed. The Cape is pretty cool too, saw Eric Bibb play it this year....wow!

David

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