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Girl In A Pawn Shop

Scott Whitby 2022



She was standing in the corner

Nobody looks...nobody cares

Nobody sees her beautiful neck

The curves that she could share

She'd been around awhile

Some nights sweet...others hard

She had the scars to show

She'd traveled near and far


Sat in the lap of more than one man

Learned to moan just right

Still smelled like smoke and beer

She could stay awake all night


Some nights she'd get too high

Sometimes a little low

Whether it's cold or when it's hot

His fingers could make her go


Sometimes she'd just lay still

Sometimes she'd scream out loud

Sometimes she'd cry and cry

But she'd always make him proud


One day her man got old

His hands too old to please

He had to let her go

For someone else to tease


Now she's old her lustre gone

Who knows all her body went through

And the young ones are so pretty

But can they do what she could do


She remembers there was a time

When they wanted her to hold

When everyone looked at her

Before she got so old


She's standing in the corner

Feeling like an old wreck

She still remembers his hands

Like lips upon her neck


She's standing in the corner

Yearning for one more

Wishing she was more than

Just a pawn shop guitar

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