PAPER GUITAR

I could have been a Beatle

you’d have been Paul

and I’d have been John

but all I got was this paper guitar

paper guitar - paper guitar

all I got was this beautiful paper guitar

I’ll hide myself away in sixties groovy music

marvelling at The Doors and Bob Dylan

but another day of four part harmony

and the guilt sets in again

cause you see it’s not the New Testament

and so I run to my paper guitar

I could have ruled the world

you’d have been Nancy Reagan

and I’d have been Ron

but all I got was this paper guitar

paper guitar - paper guitar

all I got was this beautiful paper guitar

I’ll hide myself away in the pages of The Bible

half understanding what I’ve read there

then a rock musician will point out

what I couldn’t see

and then I run to my paper guitar

paper guitar - paper guitar

all I got was this beautiful paper guitar

how I love to play time and again

the notes of my paper guitar

© 1986 Chris Sorrenti