JUST THE THING                      © 2004 Acoustic Ross

This old guitar has seen better days
I broke half the strings trying to play ‘Purple Haze’
It’s kinda hard to play acoustic guitar up behind your back
But these low ceilings made it easy to put a crack in the neck

So I swung it around like Cobain or Townshend on stage
Smashed it down on the floor like Loudon on a drunken rampage
Next morning I saw the debris, I felt regret and I snapped
But I thought, hey, I’ve got just the thing for that

   It’s stringy, sticky, and it smells like athlete’s feet
   The only thing in my toolbox, what else would I need?
   Got a roll in every room and one around my wrist
   It’s the only standing order on my shopping list
   It keeps the world together and it doesn’t suck
   Primer color like an elephant, but it’s made by ducks
   Can’t get enough of the gray stuff

This old house has been through a lot
Eighty years old and now everything is going to pot
The leaks in the ceiling have now also ruined the floor
And the crickets and the spiders ran my dog right out the door

The outlets are shorted, my computer’s developed a glitch
I’ve got birds in the belfry and the yard really stinks from the ditch
The window’s still broken where the burglar he break the latch
But I’m pretty certain I’ve got just the thing for that

      If makes me feel much better in uncertain times like this
      It binds us all together, keeps us safe from terrorists

This old heart has seen better days 
since we went our proverbial separate ways
I can still feel the spot where you tore those ventricles out
You were the light of my life even after we burned out

I almost never think of you at all anymore
Only when I’m at home or at work or when I’m outdoors
You left a hole in my life but I’m keeping it under my hat
Cause I’m reasonably certain I’ve got just the thing for that

   It’s stringy, sticky, and it smells like athlete’s feet
   The only thing in my toolbox, what else would I need?
   Got a roll in every room and one around my wrist
   It’s the only standing order on my shopping list
   It keeps the world together and it doesn’t suck
   Primer color like an elephant, but it’s made by ducks
   Can’t get enough of the gray stuff