John Hiatt - Perfectly Good Guitar ( Lyrics )

After nearly every Hiatt song, on Lyle Lovett, and John Hiatt's shared concert tour in Memphis, Mr. Lovett assumed the role of an informal interviewer. Asked what had inspired “Perfectly Good Guitar,” from the 1993 album of the same name, Mr. Hiatt cited a televised performance by Nirvana a year earlier, saying that the band’s bassist, Krist Novoselic, had tossed his instrument in the air, apparently intending to shatter it on the floor. Instead, it landed on his head. “You always hurt the ones you love,” Mr. Hiatt said.

Hiatt’s dry humor was evident on “Perfectly Good Guitar,” in which he lamented rock-star excess by singing: “There oughta be a law, with no bail/Smash a guitar and you go to jail/With no chance for early parole/Ya don’t get out until you get some soul.”

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