Dustin Lee Martin - Harmony Monterey

When I was thirteen, I saw an old six string
Hangin' in a second hand store
Daddy had just got a good job down at the plant
And I thought it might be somethin' we could afford
So I told my Daddy that I had to have one
He told me, Learn ya 20 songs, son, and we'll see
So I set out to find me one that I could borrow
And I got to learnin' G, C, and D

I had them lights in my eyes
So I couldn't see
What a life of honky-tonkin
Was gonna do to me
I just knew that I was born to
Pick and to sing
And I learned how to play them country blues
On Grandaddy's Harmony Monterey

My Momma's Daddy, William Joseph Callahan
He's a big time wheelin' and dealin' man
He bought a beat up 1970 Harmony
At an estate sale in southeast Missouri
Well it was an old archtop acoustic guitar
And to play them strings, son, ya had to mash real hard
But the first time I heard that big G chord ring
Was like the first time I heard Bocephus sing

I had them lights in my eyes
So I couldn't see
What a life of honky-tonkin
Was gonna do to me
I just knew that I was born to
Pick and to sing
And I learned how to play them country blues
On Grandaddy's Harmony Monterey

Oh, all the nights I spent in bars
Playin' that guitar
I talked myself into Nashville
Wishin' on a star
I was still a kid when I hit Tennessee
Bright lights, big city callin' me

I had them lights in my eyes
So I couldn't see
What a life of honky-tonkin
Was gonna do to me
I just knew that I was born to
Pick and to sing
And I learned how to play them country blues
On Grandaddy's Harmony Monterey

Written by:
Dustin Martin

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