Lyrics

I didn't know you all that well, if you loved me it was hard to tell
you just weren't around much in those days
Even when you died, I can't remember if I cried
maybe it's the way I was raised

Back when I was just a kid, the kindest thing you ever did
and probably the strangest by far
Your eyes got all red, you looked at me and said
"Son you can have my guitar

Chorus
This one's my Baby
This one's my Gretch, it has some worn frets
but it plays good as new
There's some dents and dings, it could use some new strings
but it's all I can do
This one's my baby, this one's for you"

verse
I practiced hard each night and day, eventually I learned to play
and I found a sound of my own
I held it in my hand, and I came to understand
why you were never at home

I closed my eyes, and just then I realized
what I'd held in all those years
Played a G minor bar, on that old guitar
and cried me a river of tears

bridge
Now it's almost morning, I've been up all night long
thinking of ideas, drinking coffee, and writing songs

chorus
This one's my baby
I'm not really sure I'm on the right chord
and so I fumble through
It's rough 'round the edge, it might need a bridge
but it's all I can do
This one's my baby
(Daddy) this one's for you