How many guitars does it take to ease your childhood pain?
Of instruments that fell apart, tattooed with blood stains
How many guitars does it take to ease your childhood pain
6 strings can't carry that weight
Rosetti, Zentih and Egmond, cricket bats in the bath
Crumbles in your hands, as you watch the others laugh
How many guitars does it take to ease your childhood pain
6 strings can't carry that weight
You were groomed to be be-roomed
With a forest of wood and plastic
Every new acquisition
Sounds that bit more fantastic
But the pain it still beats
The rhythm underneath.
How many guitars does it take to get girls in your arms?
You swap profiles to help them see the value of your charms
How many guitars does it take to ease your childhood pain?
6 strings can't carry that weight.
How many guitars does it take to ease your childhood sighs?
A body, frets and neck can't plug a hole that size.
How many guitars does it take to ease your childhood pain?
6 strings can't carry that weight
6 strings can't carry that weight.