Piece Of Wood And Steel

I can feel your arms around me

Like it was yesterday

I can feel your hearing next to me

And hear your laughter gay

You tried to tell me what was right

And I told you what was real

All I ever live for now

Is this piece of wood and steel

In a world that's full of trouble

A world that's full of pain

Lord, many fall beside the road

And they never rise again

Many more are bending low

Or broken at the wheel

All I need to carry on

Is this piece of wood and steel

I was born my mother's only son

She loves me all she can

But there isn't much to say to her

Since I became a man

And I often met the devil

But I never made a deal

I just thank the lord for hands to play

The piece of wood and steel

It's face is scarred and beaten

Like the ragged clothes I wear

Like the body that god gave me

I might give it better care

But I play it for the ladies

And I play it for a meal

I play the strings just to hear 'em ring

On this piece of wood and steel

I'm growing tired of searching now

There's nothing much I crave

Give or take a little time

And you can write it on my grave

There's nothing more I care to own

Nothing left to feel

All I ever wanted

Was this piece of wood and steel

In a world that's full of trouble

A world that's full of pain

Lord, many fall beside the road

And they never rise again

Many more are bending low

Or broken at the wheel

All I need to carry on

Is this piece of wood and steel

I was born my mother's only son

She loves me all she can

But there isn't much to say to her

Since I became a man

And I often met the devil

But I never made a deal

I just thank the lord for hands to play

The piece of wood and steel

I'll be playing this guitar till the day I die