A full -fledged union member,
Lord knows where all I've played
The other day I left my things
in the trunk of my old car
Would you believe some dirty dog
It's just an old used show bud
for which I saved and scraped
I bought it back in Nashville
from a cat whose name was Drake
and I cherished every wire
And I'd kill the man whose sticky hands
and I polished them each day
Cause I had the only showbud
I was king of all the women
They came from near and far
But the man sure did stop it all
When he stole my steel guitar
It's just an old used showbud
For which I saved and scraped
I bought it back in Nashville
From a cat whose name was Drake
And I'd kill the man whose sticky hands
I could sound like Roy Wiggins,
I could make it sing forever
And when I played like Emmons,
But I can't play no harlequins now,
they stole my steel guitar
It's just an old used showboy
for which I saved and scraped
I bought it back in Nashville
from a cat whose name was Drake
Oh, I loved it like my woman,
And I'd kill the man whose sticky hands
