Verse 1:

When I was a little boy

I really wanted to be
Singing on stage like
Johnny Cash or Elvis Presley.

A tennis racket for guitar
And a hairbrush microphone.
I'd sing love me tender

And green green grass of home.
My dreams of really makin' big
Lacked a lot of needed noise.

Had to get me a real guitar
And put away those toys. There's
Not a lot of money for a fifteen year old kid. Headed to the west end of town is exactly what I did.


Chorus:


And bought me that pawn shop six string
Got you at the pawn and loan.
Laid down twenty dollars

I was free to take you home.
You probably didn't know it,
But I feel scratched up too.

Guess I'm just a pawn shop six string myself.
Pawn shop six string, Oh the places you took me.
Playin' guitar in raunchy bars for a burger and a drink.

You probably didn't know it, but I feel scratched up too.
Guess I'm just a pawn shop six string myself.


Verse 2:

I brought you home on the city bus

And headed for my room.
The lyrics started coming,
We turned them into tunes.

We wrote all about the girls I loved.
The heartaches and the joys.
To us, it sounded really good.

To Mom, just a bunch of noise.
Lots of scratches and a messed up bridge
And frets that made me bleed.

You were used... seemed very old.
To a young boy like me.
Many years later, I'm playing with new guitars.

Writing songs that never get heard from the bottom of my heart.

Chorus:


Pawn Shop six string
Got you at the pawn and loan.

Laid down twenty dollars
I was free to take you home.
You probably didn't know it,

But I feel scratched up too.
Guess I'm just a pawn shop six string myself.
Pawn shop six string, Oh the places you took me.

Playin' guitar in raunchy bars for a burger and a drink.
You probably didn't know it, but I feel scratched up too.
Guess I'm just a pawn shop six string myself.


Bridge:


Just once I'd like the world to hear.
What that old guitar and I've been up to all these years.


Chorus:

Pawn Shop Six String

Got you at the pawn and loan.
Laid down twenty dollars
I was free to take you home.

Guess you didn't know it,
But I feel scratched up too.
Guess I'm just a pawn shop six string myself.

Pawn shop six string, Oh the places you took me.
Playin' guitar in raunchy bars for a burger and a drink.
You probably didn't know it, but I feel scratched up too.
Guess I'm just a pawn shop six string myself.


Guess I'm just a pawn shop six string myself.