EVERYBODY PLAYS A MARTIN

Words and Music by Douglas Osborne

Well I was playing my roundback acoustified and electrified guitar one day
when somebody looked at the look on my face and said
"That kid's guitar ain't got no bass"
Well I look on back and said "That's a fact, but I'm still up here
singing this song"

Everybody plays a Martin
everybody plays a Martin
ninety year old ladies, and little kids just startin'
you can play just a little bit or you can play 'till your fingers are hurtin'
but everybody plays a Martin

Well you can forget the words and start playing your harmonica
or break a string and just do your thing
but to sound like Dylan or Goodman or Prine, you got to play your guitar all the time
or just sit on back, chewin' the fat, but you still got to be up there singing your song

Everybody plays a Martin...


Copyright 1974 Douglas Osborne