close but no guitar

i'd sing the harmonies and dixie sang the melody

and we sing a little off key sometimes

but we had some fun

son of a gun

i wonder if i ever even cross her mind

then she ran away with billy bovine

he was a flat top guitar pickin' friend o' mine

and now i'm just sittin' home just countin' the stars

i got close but no guitar

i got close but no guitar

she was a shooting star

who ran off with a guitar pickin' friend o' mine

she's really on her way

i hear her records every day

i got close but no guitar

i still play piano bars

still drive that same ol' car

i live in that little shack in tupelo

dixie is the queen of billboard magazine

playin' 'cross the country doin' one night shows

a man walks up with a dollar in his hand

says let me hear the song by dixie and the guitar man

and as the dollar falls to the bottom of my jar

i get close but no guitar

i got close but no guitar

she was a shooting star

who ran off with a guitar pickin' friend o' mine

she's really on her way

i hear her records every day

i got close but no guitar

i got close but no guitar

she was a shooting star

who ran off with a guitar pickin' friend o' mine

she's really on her way

i hear her records every day

i got close but no guitar