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Pick Up That Guitar

from A NORTHERN SOUL by Joe Solo

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They kicked you and they punched you
They laughed and called you names
You were way too weak to fight back
And that made you feel ashamed
The after-school club classes?
Well, you've seen the last of them
And you never want to see that
Bloody six-string thing again

But pick up that guitar
And write that bloody song
You haven't got the skills yet
So it will not be the one
But every word you write now
And every chord you play
Will take you in their arms, son
And save your life one day
So pick up that guitar

You never go back to those classes
But you find a place to start
There's a girl who'll sit and listen
And she'll someday break your heart
The pain will almost kill you
It'll take ten years to mend
But that six string in the corner
It'll always be your friend

So pick up that guitar
And write that bloody song
They'll say you'll never make it
But go out and prove em wrong
Every word you write now
And every chord you play
Will take you in its arms, son
And save your life one day
So pick up that guitar

Drag yourself up off that teenage bed, son
Wipe the blood from off that case
Don't hang your head like poor Tom Dooley
Force them blistered fingers in to place

That band you always dreamed of
Will come to nothing in the end
And once the cheering stops, son
You soon run out of friends
But through every broken dream now
And every tear I've cried
That six string in the corner
Has never left my side

So pick up that guitar
And write that bloody song
Let out all that anger
Then get up and carry on
Cos every word you write now
And every chord you play
Will take you in its arms, son
And save your life one day
So pick up that guitar

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from A NORTHERN SOUL, released February 1, 2021
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Joe Solo Scarborough, UK

Joe Solo is an award-winning musician, writer, poet, activist, broadcaster and washing machine engineer from Scarborough.

Live he has an ever growing reputation as both a performer and raconteur, being thought-provoking, comical and punch-the-air political often in the same breath.

He is not an artist you forget in a hurry. ... more

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