She gave me an old guitar
She said teach yourself to play
you've been lookin' kinda bored
Maybe this will fill your day
She went out and I stayed in
And I struggled with that thing
She went west and I stayed east
And I tried my best to sing

And I sang
Sam and Dave and Catch that Wave
The Boss and Buddy Holly
But every happy song I sang
sounded melancholy

I learned C and G and D and E
and F and F sharp minor
And in my mind when she walked out
I'd gone to Carolina
I went Doo Doo Doo...

Hearts can break just like a string
Old guitars can't fix a thing
I put that Martin in its case
with the memory of her face
Where it stayed to gather dust
I waited for someone to trust
Couldn't stand to twist and shout
Not too much to sing about

No more Dave Clark Five, Four Seasons,
Three Dog Night, Too Hot to Handle
When even Mozart leaves me cold
Brahms and Bach and Handel
Creedence, Creech and Croce
couldn't get my heart a pumpin'
Jimmy Smack would not come back
Jack Flash wasn't jumpin'
no more Doo Doo Doo...

Fifteen years have come and gone
My wife handed me this old ax
She said I wanna hear you play
Watch your face as you relax
You've got six more shiny strings
and You've got me alone tonight
Stroke that neck
and think of me
Hold that guitar
nice and tight

And I sang
Don and Phil
Fool on the Hill
The Band and Van and Lyle
but every sad
sad song I sang
I sang it with a smile
I learned Marvin Gay
Dock of the Bay
The Spinners and the Blue Notes
Goffin King and Boyce and Hart
Even some that I wrote
and I went Doo Doo Doo...

I feel fine, Patsy Kline,
the King and Sting and Bonnie
Maybe we could harmonize
just like June and Johnny
Zimmerman, the Glimmer Twins
and both Neils, Young and Diamond
Monkeys, Turtles,
Drifters, Coasters,
Jacksons and the Osmonds
one more time, Doo Doo Doo...