Lanny Sherwin's "This is Not a Guitar"

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Lanny Sherwin's "This is Not a Guitar" from his award-winning children's CD, "Meltdown".

LYRICS:
This Is Not a Guitar
(By Lanny Sherwin)


Verse 1: This is not a guitar,
It is a time machine
Where I want to explore,
It always transports me.
I can run with the dinosaurs, fight in the Civil War,
Ride a rocket round the stars,
No matter what you think this is,
This is not a guitar.

Verse 2: This is not a guitar,
It is a magic wand.
Whoever I want to be
I just write a new song.
I could be an elephant, be the President,
Be a cool movie star,
No matter what you think this is,
This is not a guitar.

Bridge: Not just a piece of wood,
It's a piece of me
So misunderstood,
More than it seems to be,
Through Life's ups and downs
It's always hanging 'round
To help me say what I feel in my heart.

Instrumental

Half-Verse: It's been a friend to me
Part of my family,
I can't imagine being apart,
No matter what you think this is,
It may resemble what you think it is,
Oh, OK -- that's what it really is ... but this is some guitar!

(@Sherwin Communications, LLC/ASCAP)

Players:
Bryan Cumming -- Guitars, saxophones, & engineering
(www.bryancumming.com)
Brian Fullen -- Drums
Bob Patin -- Keyboards
Ronnie Kimball - Background vocals

Cover art: Theo Rudnak

Category:

Music

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• Lanny
• Sherwin
• Sandman
• Records
• Guitar
• Music
• children
• kids
• child
• create
• family

[KingdomEllipsis]

This song made me burst out cackling, because it's quite brilliant. The tune is another one of those catchy songs, and the lyrics are really creative. I like what bluecountry100 said - it really is a very unique idea, and definitely puts an entirely different perspective on this instruments and songwriting in general. :)

I once wrote a poem that had a similar idea to this, but it involved dictionaries, not guitars, but everyone has something unique that they get attached to. :D What a fun song!

[bluecountry100]

Liked it. A unique idea!