First time I heard it I fell in love
I knew I had to learn it I just a couldn't get enough
Cause no Sunday church piano had ever done that to me
Since that day I've been a workin' on just what you see
I've worn a handle plum off a shovel, swung the head of a hammer or two
But that don't drive the girls crazy like me and this thing do

I ain't in it for the money
If I was I'd do something else
I ain't in it for the fame
I damn sure ain't in it for my health
I play this thing till the Sun comes up
For nothin' but the love
Hey nothin' kick starts my heart
Like guitar

It's got me a lot of girls and it's cost me jobs
It's lost me some good girls the last one's in Arkansas
Yeah they love the way I play Ramblin' Man, but hate it when it's time to move
I'ma gonna keep on pickin' cause that's what I was born to do

Ain't in it for the money
If I was I'd do something else
Ain't in it for the fame
I damn sure ain't in it for my health
I play this thing till the Sun comes up
For nothin' but the love
Yeah nothin' kick starts my heart
Like guitar

I ain't in it for the money
If I was I'd do something else
I ain't in it for the fame
I damn sure ain't in it for my health
I play this thing till the Sun comes up
For nothin' but the love
Hey nothin' kick starts my heart
Like guitar
Yeah I said nothin' kick starts my heart
Like guitar