"Guitar Boy"

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Johnny come with me its time to buy your guitar, I
found one down the village,by the church, not very far
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You'll be just like your brother, strumming and singing songs, You'll
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make me cry like no other, with melodies bright and strong, my guitar
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boy
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8 pounds from her purse, a bag thrown in as well
Skipping back to the house, I fell under a spell
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And noone taught me nothing, just a tattered book of chords
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2 picks and a capo, was all Mum could afford, for her guitar
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boy and the
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years passed away, i wasn't very good but it gave me peace
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Walking the streets playing tunes at peoples doors
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Long nights in my bedroom tryin to find a tune to give me sweet release I was a guitar
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boy
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I never really did much with my guitar or my voice
Music always came second whenever I had a choice
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Till one day clearing the house the year that mum had gone
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I found a tired old friend and showed my son he said Dad I'm your guitar
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boy And it
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still makes me cry, my mum never got to see the thing she started
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All those years ago and an lifetime away If
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she could have hung on long enough before she sadly departed, she'd have heard her guitar
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Boys
John Drummond 2023