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Artist: Willie Nile
Canonical path: /willie-nile/one-guitar
Related lyric paths: 5
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One Guitar
Read One Guitar lyrics by Willie Nile on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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One Guitar
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It is the middle of the night right in the middle of the street
It could be uptown, downtown but i can feel the beat
There is a marchin' drum there is a song unsung
It could be your dream, my dream it's not the only one
I'm a soldier marchin' in an army
Got no gun to shoot
But what i got is one guitar
I got this one guitar
I see the risin' smoke i hear a heartbreak joke
Hey all my brothers and sisters i thuink it's time we spoke
I've only got six strings but like a bell they ring
Its like a jet plane, insane crashin' in my brain
I'm a soldier marchin' in an army
Got no gun to shoot
But what i got is one guitar
I got this one guitar
And it goes... na na na...
So if you get knocked down you gotta take a stand
For all the outcast, dead last who need a helping hand
So get your tambourines and turn your arms up loud
And raise your voices, voices up above this crowd
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Willie Nile performs "One Guitar", and this lyric page sits inside the Willie Nile catalog on LyroVerse.
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