One-String Guitar

Bought a guitar with only one string
Ain’t good for nothing but I made it sing
Sounds kinda heavy, it sounds kinda mean
Won’t make a chord but it makes my head ring

Bought a guitar must be fifty years old
Out at a flea market rusty and cold
Black velvet strap but it’s covered in mold
One metal string that is shining like gold

Oh! One-string guitar!

Spent fifteen bucks for a one-string guitar
Acoustic but with a whammy bar
Carry around so I look like a star
Won’t stay in tune but I won’t take it far

Oh! One-string guitar!
 

~ May 17, 1998