I grew up out on the rural [Incomprehensible]   There was one road there and there was one road out   From the very first time he set me on his knee   There was one thing daddy always said to me      Get a guitar, start a band   It's is somethin' worth doin' with your two hands   If you wanna get ahead, son, here's the ticket   Get a guitar and learn how to pick it      Soon as I was old enough to hold my own   You send away the sears for a silver tone   I played for the cows, played for the chickens   I could hear them pickin' will I was a kickin'      He said, get a guitar, start a band   It's somethin' worth doin' with your two hands   If you wanna get ahead, son, here's the ticket   Get a guitar and learn how to pick it      Billy got some drums and Bobby got the bass   I got a used spender with a worn out case   I knew just as soon as I plugged it in   I'll never break sweat on that farm again      Yeah, I played it out of bands at the Silly House Goon   I played it down and I played it cool   I saw that night what'd daddy meant   And I ain't quit playin' this guitar since      Yeah, daddy said, get a guitar, start a band   It's somethin' worth doin' with your two hands   If you gonna get ahead, son, here's the ticket   Get a guitar and learn how to pick it   I got a guitar and learned how to pick it, oh yeah