Question about Bon Jovi's "Living On A Prayer"

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Insomniac_Jack — 9 years ago(October 30, 2016 04:38 PM)

The lyric goes, "Now he's on the mend, when he used to make it talk so tough." I know "on the mend" means getting over being sick or hurt, but does it mean something different for guitar players? Is it musician slang for something else?

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Marla_the_big_tourist — 9 years ago(October 30, 2016 05:10 PM)

Tommy's got his six-string in hock
Now he's holding in what he used to make it talk
So tough, it's tough
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/bonjovi/livinonaprayer.html
https://play.google.com/music/preview/Tkc2fpxjlz3lus5mnknigpo4gci?lyrics=1&utm_source=google&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=lyrics&pcampaignid=kp-lyrics
???
edit: of the four write-ups of the lyrics I looked at, 3 of the 4 show "
what
he used to make it talk So tough" - one showed "
when
he used to make it talk So tough" but all four showed "Now he's holding in", none of them show the lyric as "Now he's
on the mend
".

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jonathan_k80 — 9 years ago(October 30, 2016 08:42 PM)

His music was his means of expressing himself. He can no longer do so now that his guitar is in the pawn shop.

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Scooby52 — 9 years ago(October 30, 2016 11:47 PM)

Yep Marla is right. Here's a clip of the song with the lyrics so you can hear and read yourself.
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