David Allan Coe — Piece Of Wood And Steel

I can feel your arms around me Like it was yesterday I can feel your hearing next to me And hear your laughter gay You tried to tell me what was right And I told you what was real All I ever live for now Is this piece of wood and steel In a world that's full of trouble A world that's full of pain Lord, many fall beside the road And they never rise again Many more are bending low Or broken at the wheel All I need to carry on Is this piece of wood and steel I was born my mother's only son She loves me all she can But there isn't much to say to her Since I became a man And I often met the devil But I never made a deal I just thank the lord for hands to play The piece of wood and steel It's face is scarred and beaten Like the ragged clothes I wear Like the body that god gave me I might give it better care But I play it for the ladies And I play it for a meal I play the strings just to hear 'em ring On this piece of wood and steel I'm growing tired of searching now There's nothing much I crave Give or take a little time And you can write it on my grave There's nothing more I care to own Nothing left to feel All I ever wanted Was this piece of wood and steel In a world that's full of trouble A world that's full of pain Lord, many fall beside the road And they never rise again Many more are bending low Or broken at the wheel All I need to carry on Is this piece of wood and steel I was born my mother's only son She loves me all she can But there isn't much to say to her Since I became a man And I often met the devil But I never made a deal I just thank the lord for hands to play The piece of wood and steel I'll be playing this guitar till the day I die