Instumental, mood music
Eclectia
Story behind the song
This was based on a true story
Lyrics
Old man Howard lived up on top
Of ol'e Big Hill
In a one room shack with and old wood stove
And lots of time to kill
I used to go and pick with him
He'd teach what he knew
Then he said one day " Boy got somethin' to say to you"
he said " Whiskey and women, this ol'e guitar's been my life
Drank enough to float a boat, made four women my wife
Women they all let me down, ran off with other men, whiskey made me do some things that put me in the pen"
(chorus)
if a woman don't kill ya boy, you know the whiskey will
Devil made em to much fun and you can't get your fill
Take everything you got and send you straight to hell
If a woman don't kill ya boy...you know the whiskey will
(Verse)
he said "This old guitar is all that i have left
And I'd be much obliged if you take as a gift
In all my 80 years it's the only thing I've found
That doesn't lie it doesn't cheat, it's never let me down
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
It's been fifteen years since old man Howard's passed away, I still have that old guitar he gave to me that day
Old man Howard said lots of things and while I might not agree, I have to go along with these few words he said to me
(Chorus)
(repeat)
(fade)
