RED GUITAR

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I just bought a brand-new red guitar

With six gold strings and a whammy bar

If I play it real good, it'll take me far

Mama said, mama said I'm a superstar

I just bought a brand-new red guitar

With six gold strings and a whammy bar

If I play it real good, it'll take me far

Mama said, mama said I'm a superstar

What's up? I'm Awsten, and I'm fucking exhausted

The meter is running, can't imagine what it's costing

To keep up these superhuman levels of delusion

That all eyes are on me, they tune in like Truman

But really, the truth is reality's ruthless

So hard to remember why I even do this, oh, yeah

The delusion that I've had since I was 13

That I could write a song, and they'd put me on a magazine

But none of y'all could ever, ever hurt me, no

But none of you could ever, ever hurt me 'cause

I just bought a brand-new red guitar

With six gold strings and a whammy bar

If I play it real good, it'll take me far

Mama said, mama said I'm a superstar

If I could check back in on me as a kid

Be a crystal ball, he can see how we did

Knowing what I know and remembering him

It'd probably go something like this

(How's the future?) Whoa

(Are we famous?) no

(Oh, well, what's it like, though?)

Well, your life is a circus that makes you feel worthless

The ones you love most are the ones who get hurt, it's so

(Wait, is this worth it?)

(It's our purpose), whoa

I just bought a brand-new red guitar

With six gold strings and a whammy bar

If I play it real good, it'll take me far

Mama said, mama said I'm a superstar

But none of y'all could ever, ever hurt me, no

But none of you could ever, ever hurt me (whoa)

I just bought a brand-new red guitar

With six gold strings and a whammy bar

If I play it real good, it'll take me far

Mama said, mama said I'm a superstar

I just bought a brand-new red guitar

With six gold strings and a whammy bar

If I play it real good, it'll take me far

Mama said, mama said I'm a superstar