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My Father's Guitar

from Healing Bridges by Brian Koenigsknecht

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lyrics

The wood is hard The wood is old
Stories told of a magic dragon
And a heart of gold
For my brother, my sisters and me
For as long as we
Can remember
And long, long before, my father’s guitar

We’d follow him to church
Through the broken mornings
Mom siting in the front row
Making sure we smiled while we sing
But I never smiled in my Sunday clothes
Still the notes and chords,
Rocking hymns
And how proud
Playing this old Guild of his, my father’s guitar

In a little northern town
Just outside the world
Backpack full of notes and poems
On Sugar Mountain humming words
Cause I never took to college or the books
I walked the woods, just to listen
For a song waiting to be written
On my father’s guitar

The worn out bar songs
Have worn down these frets
Worn down by all the nights, cigarette smoke, beer and sweat
Still I get high off the music, off the crowd
Then I come down
The working days get long
I’m growing harder and older in the bars
With my father’s guitar

This Wood is hard
This wood is old
And I tells stories of you father
and your heart of gold
For family, my daughters and my wife....in my life
The notes and chords
I have lived and I have played
On our guitar
On my guitar

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from Healing Bridges, released June 18, 2020
Brian Koenigsknecht: 1976 Guild D-50 and 1982 Guild 12-String (My Father's Guitars) and Vocals

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Brian Koenigsknecht Kalamazoo, Michigan

Brian Koenigknecht is a Michigan treasure, that rare breed of singer-songwriter who can make you feel every human emotion – every tear, every smile – so intensely that you feel he’s written his songs about you. – John Sinkevics, LocalSpins.com

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