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Artist: Paul Gilbert
Canonical path: /paul-gilbert/play-guitar
Related lyric paths: 6
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Play Guitar
Read Play Guitar lyrics by Paul Gilbert on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Play Guitar
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Well I don't wanna be no public enemy
I don't wanna be your superstar
I don't wanna know your true identity
All I wanna do is play guitar
I don't wanna go through major surgery
They'd be cuttin' me, leave a scar
I don't wanna miss no opportunity
To pick it up, plug it in, play guitar
I don't need no drugs or alcohol
End up sick inside a bathroom stall
All I need to get me high
Stand next to my amplifier
I can't think of anything
Better when my guitar screams
I don't wanna go to university
Job security, raise the bar
I don't wanna read no ancient history
All I wanna do is play guitar
Round and round and round I go
When I stop, no one knows
I can't think of anything
Better when my guitar screams
I don't wanna change your personality
Your reality, who you are
Maybe you can see what's really drivin' me
All I wanna do is play guitar
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Paul Gilbert performs "Play Guitar", and this lyric page sits inside the Paul Gilbert catalog on LyroVerse.
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