From the recording The Lucky One
Lyrics
SINGLE 0-18
by Andy G. Twanger
Growed up in the valley
5 miles from Forest Green
In a little shack , it was all we know’d
And all we’d ever seen
Momma’s in the cellar
Drinking moonshine from the still
Daddy’s on the pouch swing
Chicken on the grill
The wood smoke from the hickory
Nell just turning seventeen
Grand-pappy played his guitar
It was a sweet 6-string machine
When spring come to the valley
Old grand pappy said to me
Son, get yourself a movin’
And take that Single 0-18
I took that little 6 string
Not kno’in what would be
I wrote some song and played for tips
In honky tonks mostly (for free)
From Reno to Biloxi
From Dayton to St Paul
From Morgan Town to SpringField
I must have played them all
Late nights and early mornings
To one-horse towns I’d go
Cheap whiskey and fast women
Seemed like all I’d ever know
I spent my bottoms dollar
Lived on burgers and caffeine
Didn’t have much to speak of
But I had that single 0-18
2nd Chorus
,
Bridge
She make me laugh she makes me cry
She makes me think of reason why
She’s there for me night and day
She make me want to fly away
She comforts me when I’m alone
She makes me feel Iike I’m at home
She’s my one, my everything.
She the one make my heart …. sing
Instrumental
After 20 year of roamin
With my sweet six string machine
Thinkin' back on all I’d done
Since Nel turned seventeen
Now I’m going back to the valley
5 miles from Forest Green
Gonna sit right on that porch swing
With my single 0-18
`Gonna sit right on that porch swing
With my single 0-18
Gonna sit right on that porch swing
With my single 0 single 0 -18