Love And Death And American Guitar Lyrics - Singles - Jim Steinman

I remember everything! 

I remember every little thing as if it happened only yesterday.I was barely 17 and I once killed a boy with a fender guitar. 

I don't remember if it was a Telecaster or a Stratocaster,but i do remember 

that it had a heart of chrome and a voice like a horny angel. 

I don't remember if it was a Telecaster or a Stratocaster, but I do remember 

that it wasn't at all easy. 

It required the perfect combination of the right powerchords and the precise angle 

from which to strike. 

The guitar bled for about a week afterwards and the blood was 

ooh... 

dark and rich like wild berries. 

The blood of the guitar was Chuck Berry red! 

The guitar bled for about a week afterwards and it rung out beautifully , 

and I was able to play notes that I had never even heard before. 

So I took my guitar and I smashed it against the wall!! 

I smashed it against the floor!! 

I smashed it against the body of a varsity cheerleader!! 

I smashed it against the hood of a car 

I smashed it agianst a 1981-Harley Davidson... 

The Harley howled in pain, the guitar howled in heat! 

I ran up the stairs to my parents bedroom 

Mommy and Daddy were sleeping in the moonlight 

slowly I opened the door creeping in the shadows right up to the foot of the bed 

I raised my guitar high above my head and just as I was 

about to bring the guitar crashing down upon the center of the bed 

my father woke up screaming: 

"stop...wait a minute..stop it,boy" 

"what do you think you're doing??? 

That's no way to treat an expensive musical instrument" 

And I said "god damn it, daddy!!!You know I love you....." 

"BUT YOU GOT A HELL OF A LOT TO LEARN ABOUT ROCK AND ROLL!!!!!"