Well he threw one down

Form the top of the stairs

Beautiful women

Were standing everywhere

They all got wet when

He smashed that thing

But off in the dark you

Could hear somebody sing

Oh it breaks my heart

To see those stars

Smashing a perfectly good guitar

I don't know who they think they are

Smashing a perfectly good guitar

It started back in 1963

His momma wouldn't buy him

That new red harmony

He settled fgor a sunburt

With a crack

But he's still trying to break

His mommas back

Oh it breaks my heart

To see those stars

Smashing a perfectly good guitar

I don't know who

They think they are

Smashing a perfectly good guitar

He loved that guitar just like

A girlfriend

But ever good thing

Comes to an end

Now he just sits in

His room all day

Whistling every note

He used to play

There out to be a law with no bail

Smash a guitar and you go to jail

With no chance for early parole

You don't get out till

You get some soul

Oh it breaks my heart

To see those stars

Smashing a perfectly good guitar

I don't know who

They think they are

Smashing a perfectly good guitar

Late at night the end of the road

He wished he still had

The old guitar to hold

Hed rock it like a baby in his arms

Never let it come ot any harm

Oh it breaks my heart

To see those stars

Smashing a perfectly good guitar

I don't know who

They think they are

Smashing a perfectly good guitar