This Here's My Grandpa's Guitar - Tracy Bonham

Another Friday night, I'm somewhere A little drunk and worn out from the show It's a hallway to a hotel room The truck's already rolling down the road I find the lights, take off my coat I see her there just lying on the bed She's seen me through my yesterdays God knows tonight I'm needing her again She's the place I go when there's nowhere left to run to She's the one I hold when there's no one to hold on to She's been with me late at night When I was drowning in the dark She heard my every word when I was pouring out my heart So I thank my lucky stars For every crack, scratch and scar on this guitar She's given me her best when I am at my worst When I can't find the pieces Fingers scratching in the dirt And she offers no forgiveness 'cause she likes to make it hurt She's the place I go when there's nowhere left to run to She's the one I hold when there's no one to hold on to She's been with me late at night When I was drowning in the dark And she heard my every word when I was pouring out my heart So I thank my lucky stars For every crack, scratch and scar on this guitar Morning like a freight train Last night still ringing in my head Before today becomes tomorrow Tonight I know I'll do it all again She's the place I go when there's nowhere left to run to She's the one I hold when there's no one to hold on to And she's been with me late at night When I was drowning in the dark And she heard my every word when I was pouring out my heart So I thank my lucky stars For every crack and scratch and scar on this guitar And so I thank my lucky stars For every crack, scratch, and scar on this guitar

Down the drain pipe cross the yard and through the fence I risked a whoopin' every time I went 'Cause white boys weren't allowed On the colored side of town But I was proud to call That old black man my friend He had a pillow by the bed he used to pray on And a beat up old guitar he let me play on I knew where my fingers went From his greasy fingerprints Yeah, he was passin' on What was handed down to him And it soaked up all the blood and sweat and teardrops And the beers he missed in smokey little bars And sometimes that old man he comes alive in my hands I feel the beating of his sad old broken heart Just like there's a ghost in this guitar A ghost in this guitar Well, the night before he died he made me take it He said, "You play it now, 'cause I gotta go" And I can feel him in my fingers when I play it 'Cause sometimes I'm in control And sometimes I just sit back And let him go Sit back and let him go And it soaked up all the blood and sweat and teardrops And the beers he missed in smokey little bars And sometimes that old man he comes alive in my hands I feel the beating of his sad old broken heart Just like there's a ghost in this guitar A ghost in this guitar Take a listen to the ghost in this guitar

You've got a rocket Inside your bullet head I've seen you walk it, baby Your knack for greatness Has never done you wrong You showed that sweet old lady Who's got the bulldog, oh whoa Who's got the bulldog, oh whoa Who's got the bulldog down below You talk of genius I feel an undertow Which head of yours is bragging now? One made of lettuce Is smarter than you both You fooled that manhole anyhow Who's got the bulldog, oh whoa Who's got the bulldog, oh whoa Who's got the bulldog down below Who's got the bulldog, oh whoa Who's got the bulldog, oh whoa Who's got the bulldog down below He'll bend you over, little red rover Bend you right over, some Casanova Go to your momma, little chihuahua Get back to your momma, little chihuahua Oh, the bulldog, oh whoa Oh, the bulldog, oh whoa Who's got the bulldog down below Who's got the bulldog, oh whoa Who's got the bulldog, oh whoa Who's got the bulldog down below

There's a rock there's a rock that holds you down So take a chance in letting it fly You have got you have got to realize That someone to took the stars in the sky And put 'em in your Eyes like flying saucers and records spinning Eyes I see 'em smiling and I am winning You and I we belong as you and me Through hurricanes, falling rocks, and falling trees I was blind as a bat but now I see That someone took the birds and the bees And put 'em in your Eyes like flying saucers and records spinning Eyes I see 'em smiling and I am winning Eyes like pennies dropping and square pegs fitting Eyes if love is rabid then I am bitten Eyes like flying saucers and records spinning Eyes I see 'em smiling and I am winning Eyes the mona lisa she's ear to earin' Eyes and cheek to chinning, and love's beginning

Gone tomorrow one day closer to your heart Lost around me is time in itself when you're near Take the time I'll show you the lover for you You're too young to know what it is that I feel All that I can do is wait for you Just wait for you All that I can do is wait for you Just wait for you Full of sorrow your eyes are too wide and too new Though I know these feelings I get when you're near Even I, I can't give you love without fear You're too young I don't know what's keeping me here All that I can do is wait for you Just wait for you All that I can do is wait for you Just wait for you All that I can do is wait for you Just wait for you All that I can do is wait for you Just wait for you All that I can do

"One, two, ha ha ha!" An obsession's what I feel inside Oh so good, on my mind I'll catch your eye, hold you down Grab your soul pull you around I can't stand it, put me away Caught red handed, and now I've got to pay 'Cause I'm guilty of your love 'Cause I'm guilty, need your touch 'Cause I'm guilty, can't take no more I'm guilty, guilty of your love It's an assault, how you flatter me It's all I want, please punish me I can't wait another minute of a day Baby please abuse me, make me pay Oh, I've waited much too long Let me have it, don't keep me holdin' on 'Cause I'm guilty of your love Yes I'm guilty, need your touch 'Cause I'm guilty, can't take no more I'm guilty Hide your love Oh, lock it up Too late for you Can't get away Oh, it's true, oh yeah 'Cause I'm guilty of your love 'Cause I'm guilty, need your touch I'm guilty, can't take no more Guilty

"Service Line one please, service line one". Working real hard in the heat of the city Will the day ever end, want my living real easy Sometimes it gets tough, but I know it's okay 'Cause a night on the town, make it all go away Make it all go away Got off the phone She's home all alone Need some good loving Think I'll take her home I'm running real wild Crashing through the night Take her up on her offer You know I just might Be the one to tell her About you on that line Takin' what I want Takin' what I need I get what I want Cross me and see Listen to me Cross me and see Take it from me Cross me and see Listen to me Cross me and see Take it from me Cross me and see Working real hard in the heat of the city Time's standing still, got no peace and no pity Pressure builds up, my patience wears thin My mind's breaking up, I can feel it again I can feel it again Got into my car Away from this place Don't try to tell me 'Bout the way that it is Meet a good woman You're all night long There's nothing like Mildred And doing no wrong Gonna make a few changes In the way that I live Takin' what I want Takin' what I need I get what I want Cross me and see Listen to me Cross me and see Take it from me Cross me and see Listen to me Cross me and see Take it from me Cross me and see Listen to me Cross me and see Take it from me Cross me and see Listen to me Cross me and see Take it from me Cross me and see

For every stone there's a rock waiting for someone's head Here it come and you wish you had two heads 30 seconds 30 seconds Sell half your soul and you realize that you are no one No one No one No one For every star there's another one that's fading Fading away hating every bit of life 30 seconds 30 seconds One day of sun and the rest, you're spending as no one No one No one No one Outta my way Outta my way Outta my way Before you know, you're outta my way Outta my way Outta my way For everyone, there's another one that's stronger So out you go, like the trash that you drug in 30 seconds 30 seconds Paving the way for the ones that made you feel like no one No one No one No one Outta my way Outta my way Outta my way Before you know, you're outta my way My way Outta my way