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If this old guitar could talk, it would have stories to tell
Like the time it got stolen from the Royal Hotel
I found it in a pawnshop with hardly a scratch
Cost five-hundred dollars for me to get it back

If this old guitar could talk, it would set the record straight
About our years in Nashville, and the music we made
I wore a hole in the sidewalk, down on music row
They took a pound of my flesh, and nearly took my soul

To some it may be nothing but strings and wood
All these years it's been my best companion
I've never had a woman, a drink or a drug
That made me feel the way this old guitar does

If this old guitar could talk, it would go on about the day
I played it in the circle on the Grand Ole Opry stage
I sang my song in the spotlight, I was gonna be a star
But me and this old Gibson never made it that far

To some it may be nothing but strings and wood
All these years it's been my best companion
I've never had a woman, a drink or a drug
That made me feel the way this old guitar does

If this old guitar could talk, I know what it would say
About the miles we traveled in our workin' day
I can't pick it like I used to, when I was a younger man
But I still feel so alive when I hold it in my hand

To some it may be nothing but strings and wood
All these years it's been my best companion
I've never had a woman, a drink or a drug
That made me feel the way this old guitar does
I've never had a woman, a drink or a drug
That made me feel the way this old guitar does
Nothing makes me feel the way this old guitar does

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from Dark Horses: The Acoustic Sessions, released February 1, 2021
Written by Todd Sterling

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Todd Sterling Olds, Alberta

With his 2014 debut Road Songs, singer-songwriter Todd Sterling showcased the honky tonk side of his personality.

2017’s Pawnshop Guitar: A Poet’s Prayer found the singer-songwriter straddling the world’s of country and rock.

Fast forward to 2020. Sterling digs even deeper in the creative dirt for Dark Horses: The Acoustic Sessions. A sparse collection – one guitar/one voice. ... more

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