[Verse 1]
Well, I found her in a pawnshop somewhere up in Ohio
Where I guess some rounder came up short and he had to let her go
Cost me ninety dollars, but it's worth much more by far
'Cause I never had a better friend than that old beat up guitar

[Chorus]
Didn't look like too much
Just a Roy Smeck Stage Deluxe
But a lady, she never fared as well
Who traveled through so much

[Verse 2]
She traveled with me always, through the alleys and bars
Songs I sang and friends I knew were part of that guitar
Some nights it was my pillow, resting underneath the stars
Day and night, I stayed alive with that old beat up guitar

[Chorus]
Didn't look like too much
Just a Roy Smeck Stage Deluxe
But a lady, she never fared as well
Who traveled through so much

[Verse 3]
She picked up the name of Angel in an old New Orleans bar
Where a drunken poet drew one on the top of that guitar
Old Dave Stovally marked her, scratched the songs right from his heart
Seems everyone who used her scarred that old beat up guitar
[Chorus]
Didn't look like too much
Just a Roy Smeck Stage Deluxe
But a lady has never faired as well
Who traveled through so much

[Verse 4]
Yeah, a ramblin' man, he has troubles hanging on to all that he owns
After many years of travelin', that guitar fell by the road
Then one night in New Mexico, I stumbled into this bar
Angel laid there smilin' on that old beat up guitar

[Chorus]
Didn't look like too much
Just a Roy Smeck Stage Deluxe
But a lady, she never fared as well
Who traveled through so much

[Verse 5]
Yeah, I took her from the wall, ran my hands across the scars
Played again the old songs that were written on that guitar
Friends I've loved and lost, many nights inside of a bar
Came back so clearly singing with that old beat up guitar

[Chorus]
Didn't look like too much
Just a Roy Smeck Stage Deluxe
But a lady, she never fared as well
Who traveled through so much
[Verse 6]
Now she travels with me always, through the alleys and bars
Songs I sing and friends I know, they're part of that guitar
Some nights it is my pillow, resting underneath the stars
Day and night, I stay alive with that old beat up guitar

[Chorus]
Didn't look like too much
Just a Roy Smeck Stage Deluxe
But a lady, she never fared as well
Who traveled through so much