Steel Guitar

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Now Carole once told me she dreamed she was pretty And lived in a very cool part of the city With a man who came home every evening at 6 And begged her to play him his favorite licks On a steel guitar On a real guitar [Verse 2] Now her pa'd been a welder during the war And he played country music every night 'til 4 With some drugstore cowboys who could pick and grin And if you let it all out they'd bring it all back in On a steel guitar Well, they could get it together on a steel guitar [Verse 3] Now he taught his daughter to drink whiskey like water And to go for the man who had something to offer He said to her, "Baby, you can go very far With an easy laugh and a steel guitar A steel guitar Well, you don't need a man now, baby, with a steel guitar" [Steel Guitar Solo] [Verse 4] Now Jack was a rambler, he'd been around Nashville He knew all the tricks and he sure wasn't bashful When he heard Carole playing her steel guitar He said to her, "Baby, you and me can go far On your steel guitar Well, we could make it together, mama, on your steel guitar" [Piano Solo] [Verse 5] Now to make a long story short they had a couple of children And Jack went to war and the enemy killed him Carole got his pension and a purple heart And every night 'til 2 she just rips 'em apart With her steel guitar She said, "You don't need a man with a steel guitar" [Verse 6] Now she plays country music and she's paid up her dues You oughta drop in, brother, if you got nothing to lose She can steal a guitar like she steals a heart And they come every night to get picked apart By a steel guitar By a real guitar [Outro] By a steel guitar Lord, she'll pick you apart, she'll pick you apart On a steel guitar On a real guitar Mmm, goin' away now, baby, with a steel guitar You'll go very far on a steel guitar You'll be a movie star on a steel guitar