You and My Guitar

This guitar only sings the way I play it It's a part of me just like another arm It started out as a little ukulele When I was just a boy on the farm My fingers were too lazy for piano But I could hold a tune pretty good And I couldn't sing a song with a trombone So I taught myself to play this piece of wood But I know you are stayin' beside me True lovers, we both feel the pain And I'd throw this old box on the fire Before I'd ever lose you again Well you never did like this old guitar, did you darlin' Cause the guitar takes your man away from you Monday I'll write a song for you darlin' That'll be the very best that I can do Will it be a song about a wild wind Will the thunder clap and flashes of blue Or will it be a song about an angel It'll never be as beautiful as you But I know you are stayin' beside me True lovers, we both feel the pain And I'd throw this old box on the fire Before I'd ever lose you again This guitar only sings the way I play it It's a part of me just like another arm It started out as a little ukulele When I was just a boy on the farm But now I am a man with a woman The words I want to sing won't come through No matter where this guitar's gonna take us It'll never be as beautiful as you --- You and My Guitar - John Williamson