Lyrics

Back in 1953
I get to play this old guitar my Daddy gave to me
It was made in a time before I was born in 1953
I’d like to have been around back then and see what I could see
Maybe, understand just how the man gave his love of music to me
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Think I’ll carry it on, playing my songs
The way my Daddy did when I was a kid in our country home
A thousand memories, flowing through me
I hope I’m good enough, like my Daddy was back in 1953

Sometimes I feel a presence coming over me
When I play this guitar from my heart is it really him or me
Who will play this old guitar when my days are done
Will they still have the love for the music from an old country song
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Hope they carry it on, playing their songs
The way I did when I was a kid in that country home
A thousand memories, flowing through the breeze
I hope they are good enough like my Daddy was in 1953