Richard Knott - Long Story Short

Long Story Short

The big lie
Just ten thousand hours
Then dig my
Six string superpowers
Though practice
Made my fingers bleed
The fact is
10k's chickenfeed

Long story short, this journey lasts a lifetime
That dream I bought, playing in tune and making the words rhyme
Sad to report, they don't come with the guitar
Long story short, we seemed like a perfect match
But I knew there'd be strings attached

I'm blaming
Nineteen sixty-two
I'm naming
A song called Love Me Do
And what first
First did it for me
A sunburst
J160E

Long story short, this journey lasts a lifetime
That dream I bought, playing in tune and making the words rhyme
Sad to report, they don't come with the guitar
Long story short, I still got a way to go
But where I'm headed, I don't know

First you took me by the hand and said we could be friends
Then you led me walking down this road that never ends

Now I'm thinking
Time goes by so fast
It's shrinking
The future's soon the past
So I'm working
Trying to find the muse
No shirking
Chasing down the blues

Long story short, this journey lasts a lifetime
That dream I bought, playing in tune and making the words rhyme
Glad to report, they bind me to this guitar
Long story short, it was in the stars above
That this gal would be my first love