Perfectly Good Guitar Lyrics

Performed by John Hiatt

He threw one down from the top of the stairs
Beautiful women were standing everywhere
They all got wet when he smashed that thing
But off in the dark you could hear somebody sing

Oh it breaks my heart to see those stars
Smashing a perfectly good guitar
I don't know who they think they are
Smashing a perfectly good guitar

It started back in 1963
His momma wouldn't buy him that new red harmony
He settled for a sunburst with a crack
But he's still trying to break his momma's back

Oh it breaks my heart to see those stars
Smashing a perfectly good guitar
I don't know who they think they are
Smashing a perfectly good guitar

He loved that guitar just like a girlfriend
But every good thing comes to an end
Now he just sits in his room all day
Whistling every note he ever played

There oughta be a law with no bail
Smash a guitar and you go to jail
With no chance for early parole
You don't get out untill you get some soul

Oh it breaks my heart to see those stars
Smashing a perfectly good guitar
I don't know who they think they are
Smashing a perfectly good guitar

Late at night the end of the road
He wished he still had the old guitar to hold
He'd rock it like a baby in his arms
Never let it come to any harm

Oh it breaks my heart to see those stars
Smashing a perfectly good guitar
I don't know who they think they are
Smashing a perfectly good
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smashing a perfectly good guitar | Reviewer: becksguitars2@aol.com | 6/24/09

I build and mostly fix broken guitars for a living, this song by john hiat is one of the most revealing, outstanding songs explaining in a few words, what exactly goes thru a musicians mind, and John Hiatt is so right on , its incredable. when I first heard the song, I wanted to write him a letter, saying is the most serious, yet playful tune ive ever heard about smashing guitars, as i have seen many artists distroy many guitars, for no reason other than the excitment of their show, but to someone who wants a good guitar, it seems like a crime, outstanding, viva, right on, Richard Beck at Becks guitars in Tempe, Arizona, 480 8299630 John Hiatt is outstanding!!!!!

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