Doc's Guitar Words and music by Phillip WayneIn the worst snow of the season on a cold midwinter's night My lady lay in child-bed the child was not just right Doc Gantry said he'd be here, though the journey was so far I knew he'd come 'cause by the fire was Doc's beloved guitar. Where I want to go I'll go Doc says Where I want to be I'll be I just don't think there's anything Can stop a man like me In the winter wind a-howlin' like a banshee straight from hell I heard nine tallies from below from the church's bell Then it called, I heard a knock, I knew who it must be "Where's Helen's son, it's 4 am, I've not much time," says he Where I want to go I'll go Doc says Where I want to be I'll be I just don't think there's anything Can stop a man like me "Well Doc you crazy fool" says I, "you could've froze to death No sane man rides in a storm like this, less he wants to stop his breath." Doc says "I am old and grey: that any fool can see." "Son," he says, "there's just some things can't stop a man like me." Where I want to go I'll go Doc says Where I want to be I'll be I just don't think there's anything Can stop a man like me The baby lived and Helen lived, the future it looked bright But Doc rode off saying "more to do before the morning light" My lady slept with her newborn babe; in our small bed she lay The day Doc Gantry came to town was sure a lucky day! Where I want to go I'll go Doc says Where I want to be I'll be I just don't think there's anything Can stop a man like me The fire was low, I picked a match and lit my best cigar I noticed by the fireside still lay the Doc's guitar Well the storm had passed so I saddled up and tied the guitar down The least that I could do for him, take Doc's guitar to town Where I want to go I'll go Doc says Where I want to be I'll be I just don't think there's anything Can stop a man like me I'd know Doc's buckboard anywhere, it's parked outside the church The horses, they are restless, and the buckboard gives a lurch The preacher man, he looks at me, says "Jason, you're a star Doc died last night, but at the last he gave you that guitar." "'Bout 4 am, but at the last, he gave you that guitar." Where I want to go I'll go Doc says Where I want to be I'll be I just don't think there's anything Can stop a man like me