Get a Guitar Songtext
von Jeff Carson

I grew up out on the rural route
There was one road there and there was one road out
From the very first time he set me on his knee
There was one thing Daddy always said to me

Get a guitar and start a band
There′s something worth doing with your two hands
If you wanna get ahead son, here's the ticket
Get a guitar and learn how to pick it

Soon as I was old enough to hold my own
He sent away to Sears for a Silvertone
I played for the cows, played for the chickens
I could hear ′em pickin' while I was a-pickin'


He said get a guitar and start a band
There′s something worth doing with your two hands
If you wanna get ahead son, here′s the ticket
Get a guitar and learn how to pick it

Billy got some drums and Bobby got a bass
I got a used Fender with a worn out case
I knew just as soon as I plugged it in
I'd never break a sweat on that farm again

Yeah, I played it at a dance at the city high school
And I played it loud and I played it cool
I saw that night what my daddy meant
And I ain′t quit playin' this guitar since

Yeah, Daddy said get a guitar and start a band
There′s something worth doing with your two hands
If you wanna get ahead son, here's the ticket
Get a guitar and learn how to pick it
I got a guitar and learned how to pick it