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John Hiatt — Perfectly Good Guitar (live)
Album: Hiatt Comes Alive at Budokan
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Released: 1994
Length: 5:05
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Well he threw one down form the top of the stairs
Beautiful women were standing everywhere
They all got wet when he smashed that thing
But off in the dark you could hear somebody sing

Oh it breaks my heart to see those stars
Smashing a perfectly good guitar
I don't know who they think they are
Smashing a perfectly good guitar

It started back in 1963
His momma wouldn't buy him
That new red harmony
He settled for a sunburst with a crack
But he's still trying to break his momma's back

Oh it breaks my heart to see those stars
Smashing a perfectly good guitar
I don't know who they think they are
Smashing a perfectly good guitar

He loved that guitar just like a girlfriend
But ever good thing comes to an end
Now he just sits in his room all day
Whistling every note he used to play

There out to be a law with no bail
Smash a guitar and you go to jail
With no chance for early parole
You don't get out till you get some soul

Oh it breaks my heart to see those stars
Smashing a perfectly good guitar
I don't know who they think they are
Smashing a perfectly good guitar

Late at night the end of the road
He wished he still had the old guitar to hold
He'd rock it like a baby in his arms
Never let it come to any harm

Oh it breaks my heart to see those stars
Smashing a perfectly good guitar
I don't know who they think they are
Smashing a perfectly good guitar...
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Love this song!  
Love this live version!  
And, yeah, I'm glad Hiatt put to music a sentiment I have held for a long time, even though I've loved the Who's music, and Townsend's solo efforts.
That Guitar, just Great!!!
I don't know The Who they think they are.
 ExploitingChaos wrote:

That album cover tho



Yah, he should have tried that one on a focus group first.
That album cover tho
Really excellent live album from a spectacular songwriter. And I love the not so subtle reference to Cheap Trick and Peter Frampton. There's a video of Hiatt performing this song on the tour for the album. He hugs the guitar at the end' and the smile on his face is just so happy.
Yeah - Pete Townshend
I get the album cover...do you?
My Favorite guitarists seem to be inclined towards destroying perfectly good guitars.