Every town I go in, there’s a street
Name of the street, ha
Funky, Funky Broadway
When they were dancin’ and singin’ and movin’ to the groovin’
And just when it hit me somebody turned around and shouted
Play that funky music white boy
Play that funky music right
Play that funky music white boy
funky little shack,
funky little shack
There’s a crazy little shack beyond the tracks
And ev’rybody calls it the sugar shack
He use to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
Or sit beneath the trees by the railroad track.
Forget all about that macho shit
And learn how to play guitar
This old guitar gave me my lovely lady
Opened up her eyes and ears to me
I shoulda learned to play the guitar
I shoulda learned to play them drums
And this guitar was given me by old man Thomas Gray
It’s not too much to look at, but I play it everyday
It’s been across this country four or five times I guess
Between me and old man Tom, it never got much rest
This old guitar ain’t mine to keep
Just taking care of it now
It’s been around for years and years
Just waiting in its old case
And the guitar man got famous, the business man got rich
And in every bar there was a superstar with a seven year itch
There was fifteen million fingers learnin’ how to play
And you could hear the fingers pickin’, and this is what they had to say:
Things move around
My guitar sometimes plays itself
They say it’s static electricity but
Yesterday it took twenty dollars off the shelf
And she handed me twenty dollars
For a two fifty fare
She said, Harry, keep the change
I’ve got sixpence, jolly jolly sixpence,
I’ve got sixpence to last me all my life
Ramblin’ around this dirty old town
And singin’ for nickels and dimes
Once I built a railroad, I made it run
Made it race against time
Once I built a railroad, now it’s done
Brother, can you spare a dime?
Every time it rains it rains pennies from heaven.
Don’t you know each cloud contains pennies from heaven?
They’re seeding the clouds today
Watch nothing’s going to go your way
The rain is falling through the mist of sorrow that surrounded me
The sun could never thaw away the bliss that lays around me
The rain is cold and slowly falling
Upon my window pane tonight
And though your love seems even colder
I wonder where you are tonight