once there was a time i d rob my mother for a good meal and a smoke once there was a time i d sell my brother for a dollar when i was broke but i d never sell my guitar and my strings were always sharp cause if i don t have a guitar i ll be strumming on some angels harp and if i don t get to heaven and i go down there below better be a guitar when i get there or i will refuse to go once there was a time i was hungry and i d find my food in some bin but i d never never sell my guitar cause that would lordy that would be a sin once there was a time i was hungry and i d find my food rotting in some bin but i d never never sell my guitar cause that would lordy that would be a sin