Verse 1:

When I was a little boy
I really wanted to be
Singing on stage like
Johnny Cash or Elvis Presley
A tennis racket for guitar
And a hairbrush microphone
I'd sing love me tender
And green green grass of home
My dreams of really makin' big
Lacked a lot of needed noise
Had to get me a real guitar
And put away those toys There's
Not a lot of money for a fifteen year old kid Headed to the west end of town is exactly what I did

Chorus:

And bought me that pawn shop six string
Got you at the pawn and loan
Laid down twenty dollars
I was free to take you home
You probably didn't know it,
But I feel scratched up too
Guess I'm just a pawn shop six string myself
Pawn shop six string, Oh the places you took me
Playin' guitar in raunchy bars for a burger and a drink
You probably didn't know it, but I feel scratched up too
Guess I'm just a pawn shop six string myself

Verse 2:

I brought you home on the city bus
And headed for my room
The lyrics started coming,
We turned them into tunes
We wrote all about the girls I loved
The heartaches and the joys
To us, it sounded really good
To Mom, just a bunch of noise
Lots of scratches and a messed up bridge
And frets that made me bleed
You were used seemed very old
To a young boy like me
Many years later, I'm playing with new guitars
Writing songs that never get heard from the bottom of my heart

Chorus:

Pawn Shop six string
Got you at the pawn and loan
Laid down twenty dollars
I was free to take you home
You probably didn't know it,
But I feel scratched up too
Guess I'm just a pawn shop six string myself
Pawn shop six string, Oh the places you took me
Playin' guitar in raunchy bars for a burger and a drink
You probably didn't know it, but I feel scratched up too
Guess I'm just a pawn shop six string myself

Bridge:

Just once I'd like the world to hear
What that old guitar and I've been up to all these years

Chorus:

Pawn Shop Six String
Got you at the pawn and loan
Laid down twenty dollars
I was free to take you home
Guess you didn't know it,
But I feel scratched up too
Guess I'm just a pawn shop six string myself
Pawn shop six string, Oh the places you took me
Playin' guitar in raunchy bars for a burger and a drink
You probably didn't know it, but I feel scratched up too
Guess I'm just a pawn shop six string myself

Guess I'm just a pawn shop six string myself