... did Tommy loose his guitar due to some kind of debt, and what he's 'holding in' is his songs that he used to play? Or did he obtain his guitar in a deal but hes still ''holding in'' what he used to make it talk... meh. The phrasing of that line always confused me as a kid, especially as I still don't know exactly what ''in hock'' means as its a word/phrase i've never used before - is it an american slang? I always thought it meant something like to give something as compensation or as part of a deal to pay something off...?

I get the jist of it though- poor Tommys life is tough (so tough!)


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