Sunburst Guitar with Vocals

Cherry

By hudsonmoon

Sat, 13 Nov 2021
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https://soundcloud.com/hudsonmoon/sunburst-guitar

 

Sunburst Guitar

 

I was walking down Main st.

had a lot on my mind

like, keep your eyes wide open                                 

don’t take no wooden nickels or dimes

 

Found myself at a tag sale

hidden treasures, and more

when my eyes fell on a sunburst

I knew I had to have it, for sure

   

‘How much for the  guitar?’

I asked the boy, with his mom

‘twenty bucks’ll do it

just slap it right there in my palm’

 

I fell into a strange spell

I was up in the air

at first I was a-walkin’

and now I’m gettin’ me some stares

 

‘Cause me and my sunburst

were sat on a cloud

and I just couldn’t help it

so I sang a little tune out loud

 

And  we flew away happy

it didn’t take very long

when I got home I restrung it

and I wrote me down the following song

 

Twenty dollar guitar

twenty dollar guitar

never figured when I woke up

that I’d buy a twenty dollar guitar

 

Twenty dollar guitar

twenty dollar guitar

never figured when I woke up

that I’d own a twenty dollar guitar

 

(Photo courtesy of me)

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Comments

Submitted by Kris on

I can chill and stare at the view to that tune....(and I did)

yes

 

Submitted by hudsonmoon on

Thaks, Kris. Appreciate your listening.

Rich

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Great song, great lyrics Rich, now all you have to do is go out busking and get your twenty dollars back. wink

Thanks for sharing.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by hudsonmoon on

Thnks Jenny. Ha. It was twety bucks well spent. Sometimes being dragged to a tag sale pays off.

Rich

 

Submitted by celticman on

twenty dollar guitar, twenty dollar guitar, never figured that'd take you so far. 

 

Submitted by hudsonmoon on

Thanks, Jack. Didn't figure I'd get a song out of it. I'm a modest player and have no business having two guitars, but I kept staring at the thing and when he gave me a price of 20 bucks I knew it was mine, case and guitar strap included. 

Rich

 

Submitted by hudsonmoon on

And big thanks for hte cherries, Ed.

Rich

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

How happy the guitar must be, given a voice again and its very own tune in welcome :0)

I am not the tiniest bit musical, but, wonderfully, my son IS so right now I can hear him twangling away as he has just restrung the A which snapped :0) It is a strange and sort of magical thing to see someone reach for their guitar, settling it, then playing, I feel like watching a swan running along the water's surface, then taking off :0)

I loved the joy in your poem and so glad you shared it like this, thankyou :0)