Better play that guitar, boy
You don't play it no more
Play for all that it's worth
Who knows what life has in store
And things to get harder
And then they relent
Then they carry on
Then they carry on
Then they carry on
No more midnight rocking
For far away champs
Ma, I swear I saw him moving
But there was nobody there
And the morning on the couch
At the bottom of the stairs
Swore I'll float on down
Swore I'll float on down
Swore I'll float on down
Twenty or so houses
Since the first took flight
Things first got creepy
When the dark southern night
North southwest east, creepy
Night and over seas
Night and over seas
Over seas
Over seas
And I'll scream it aloud
Gonna drive it away
All this bad air here lurking
You know it's been here all day
Would have flown in you before
And a smile and love
As if crying on fire
As if crying on fire
As if crying on fire
I play this guitar
For the both of us now
I got much work to do
We will smile somehow
And he knows how much I love him
It comes burning right through
He can see it in my eyes
He can see in my eyes
He can see in my eyes