The stewardess in a miniskirt a hippie in a leather shirt
I started on the way to Naples Row
While I’m wondering where it’s at I see a Paris diplomat
Call his kids while trying to get back home
Baggage car goes quickly by see my face and start to cry
Stumble to the lounge to be alone
And while I’m trying to get some rest I bite my lips and try my best
To fight the pain that’s making me leave home
…Maybe I lost my memory
And just got it back today
Rehearsed in my mind are
Last minute lines
They’re not worth sayin’ I know
What’ll I tell Virginia when I get home from Mexico
He stopped loving her today [cue non-country symphonic violin section]
They placed a wreath upon his door
And soon they’ll carry him away
He stopped loving her
Today.
(The above song makes little sense, IMHO, if you missed the first line of the lyric: “He said I’ll love you 'til I die.”)
Countin’ flowers on the wall
that don’t bother me at all
Playin’ solitaire ‘til dawn
With a pack of 51
Smokin’ cigarettes and watchin’ Captain Kangaroo
Now don’t tell me
I’ve nothin’ to do…
She got the gold mine, I got the shaft.
Yeah, they split it all down the middle
And then they give her the better half
Now it all sounds kinda funny (ha ha ha)
But it hurts too much to laugh
She got the gold mine, I got the shaft!
Well, I woke up Sunday morning
With no way to hold my head that didn’t hurt.
And the beer I had for breakfast wasn’t bad,
So I had one more for dessert.
Then I fumbled in my closet through my clothes
And found my cleanest dirty shirt.
Then I washed my face and combed my hair
And stumbled down the stairs to meet the day.
and The judge said son, what is your alibi
If you were somewhere else, then you won’t have to die
I spoke not a word, thou it meant my life
For I’d been in the arms of my best friend’s wife