JUST BETWEEN THE STRINGS AND ME
HOFER/FERRIS 1999


IT’S BODY’S BEEN BATTERED
IT SLIPS OUT OF TUNE
BUT IT RINGS OUT LIKE HEAVEN
IN SPITE OF IT’S WOUND
IT DESERVES QUICKER FINGERS
THAN I CAN OBLIGE
I DON’T DO IT JUSTICE FOR THE PEACE IT PROVIDES

CHORUS

JUST BETWEEN THE STRINGS AND ME
THIS OLD GUITAR IS ALL THAT I NEED
I GIVE IT LIFE IT GIVES ME WINGS
IT’S ONE OF THOSE INTIMATE THINGS
JUST BETWEEN THE STRINGS AND ME

IT’S FRIENDSHIP HAS PULLED ME
THROUGH TRIUMPH AND LOSS
AND IT’S WORTH CAN’T BE MEASURED
IN TERMS OF IT’S COST
WHEN I HOLD IT TO ME
LIKE LOVERS WE BLEND
WE ROCK IN A LANGUAGE ONLY POETS COULD PEN

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