New Songs and Old Guitars Lyrics

There's new-fangled gadgets

Invented every day

Some glorified gimmicks

Other ones are built to stay

While the retro and the deco

Keep coming back again

Now they're antique and vintage

Perfectly broken in

And I'm no different- than any other guy

I've got certain things- that grab my ear and catch my eye

There's nothing that appeals to me

Like rosewood and mahogany

Rusty strings that ring and sing

Through the downbeats and bars

And words that fall from the sky

When the muse comes dropping by

Mixing melodies with memoirs

They're birds of a feather

Nothing goes together

Like new songs- and old guitars

There's nothing like a dreadnought

To dress up a ditty

And a double O is the way to go

For a ballad slow and pretty

An archtop brings the backbeat

As good as any drum

And a jumbo's loud and proud

With a big wide strum

No matter the model- there's tunes and tones for days

At least a million licks and ways to turn a phrase

There's nothing that appeals to me

Like rosewood and mahogany

Rusty strings that ring and sing

Through the downbeats and bars

And words that fall from the sky

When the muse comes dropping by

Mixing melodies with memoirs

They're birds of a feather

Nothing goes together

Like new songs- and old guitars

A Martin and a Gibson- and a lawsuit Takamine

When it comes to inspiration- a man can't have too many

There's nothing that appeals to me

Like rosewood and mahogany

Rusty strings that ring and sing

Through the downbeats and bars

And words that fall from the sky

When the muse comes dropping by

Mixing melodies with memoirs

They're birds of a feather

Nothing goes together

Like new songs- and old guitars