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Pawn Shop Guitar

by Lore The Mouse

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I no longer have my first guitar, the one mentioned in this song, but it stuck with me for years. I recorded this originally on that guitar.

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With the first dollar I ever made,
I bought myself a razor blade.
I washed my hair and shaved my face.
You came home to find a better man.
You came home to find a better man.

Every week, I saved a little more
to fix the break I made in the floor –
a former grave when we were poor.
We don't need to sleep there anymore.
We don't need to sleep there anymore.

This flimsy pawn shop guitar
will never get me very far,
but it's what I've got,
and what I've got to give.
I'm glad you like to hear me sing.
It's the cheapest offering.
I will sing for you
for as long as I live.

When I received the bill for gas,
I wasn't sure if this would last.
The winter was approaching hard and fast.
The November frost clung to the grass.
The November frost clung to the grass.

But you held me close, held me tight,
turned down the pilot light,
and kept me warm throughout the night.
I love you baby, everything's all right.
I love you everything will be all right.

This flimsy pawn shop guitar
will never get me very far,
but it's what I've got,
and what I've got to give.
I'm glad you like to hear me sing.
It's the cheapest offering.
I will sing for you
for as long as I live.

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released April 29, 2015
Ellie Gordon

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Lore The Mouse Bellingham, Washington

Nonbinary musician trying to negotiate a love for poetry and a love for music with zero money, little time, and little knowledge of what they're doing.

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