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Why Don't We Don't Get Married
Why don't we don't get married
Why don't we don't settle down
You've got a way of turning my smiles upside down
You took the part that once was ours
And made it all your own
Why don't we don't get married
Why don't you just leave me alone
You know you came into a dream last night
I was knocking at your door
I was dropping something off
I wasn't asking for more
I knew that I was free that something
Happened to me
Oh, the world looks different
Now that I can see
Why don't you take a little walk tonight
And look into the sky
The gravity 'tween you and me
Would fling the stars aside
There's nothing to hold onto
There's loneliness and strife
Oh, the Lord assured me, I'd be another's wife
I Would Have Liked to Have Stayed
A bearded man at a bar laughs with some other guys
All of them tell dirty jokes about their ex-wives
The next one in line takes his time
To keep all his thoughts straight
Says a standard vulgar line and thinks of his last date
Takes a ceremonial drink
To the woman who made him think
I would have liked to have stayed
Just a little bit longer
So I could be stronger for my life without you
How could I know I'd rely
On this pain in my side
It only hurts now and then but I can't say when
I'll be all right. I guess I'll be all right
A red head lady in a wig plays with that damn machine
Smiles like she's really hot when it goes ding ding ding
That cigarette, that four point bet, keeps her organized
If she keeps doubling her points she'll avoid her own mind
Tries out her high card telepathy while her hear rings achingly
I Don't Want to (But I Can)
It's only fair for me to say
I have had a real hard day
But if you want to push and fight
I'll stay up and go all night
But I am warning you my friend
This can come to no good end
You push too hard and yes, I'll cry
But I might have to say bye-bye
Done it before so I can say
Sometimes there is no other way
I'm not afraid to leave a man
I don't want to but I can.
If it's so bad, why hang around
There's lots of girls here in this town
Wait five minutes you'll agree
Things aren't half of what they seem
Sugar On the Side
Help me Lord, I'm wicked
To my man I almost lied
Though he brings me cream with my coffee
I've got another on mind
So my ringless fingers go walking
'Till my arms are open wide
Oh, he brings me cream with my coffee
But I need sugar on the side
But I can't go through with a rendezvous
If he knew, I think I'd die
So meet me half-way in a cafe
And order what you like
But have 'em bring me coffee
With sugar on the side
I'm honest as I have been
I'm loyal when I can
But when I'm being held at arm's length
I think of other loving men
So I let my eyes allow me
To see the boots on other hides
I want so much to stir it up
I need sugar on the side
Writing on the Wall
I'm glad to know it's not so far to fall
I'm slipping lower on the list
Of the girls you call
The last time I looked down
I was layin' on the ground
Just starin' out the window
At the writing on the wall
Last time when you took me on the town
I was dressed from head to toe
In my best ball gown
Then I saw you slip your number
Not so slyly to another
So I'm starin' out the window
At the writing on the wall
And it says: Get on home
He's no good for you
No matter what he tries to say
He's going to be untrue
I can see it in the old wall paper
It'll happen soon not later
Starin' out the window
At the writing on the wall
If I'm a fool I'm not the only one
I've been known to sacrifice my pride
For a little fun
But this is lower than the sea
The way it's turning out for me
So I'm starin' out the window
At the writing on the wall
Maybe He Died
Maybe he died
That's why I don't see him anymore
I'm lyin' on the floor
I'm mournin' more and more
Maybe he's wanted by the police
Maybe he's sick at home with a disease
Maybe he can't get to a phone
Maybe he's left me here all alone
Where was he
When he called me and told me he'd try
Did he have a girl on the side
Did he get work and not say goodbye
I'd like to think the worst of it's true
That something like death
Came between me and you
Maybe this whole time you were a spy
And left me guessing and wondering why
If it is true would you give me a sign
That you're ok on the other side
You're probably no farther
Than the garden gate
Talk to my friends and they'll tell you I wait
But I think you're gone to stay
Yes I think you're gone to stay
If It Were Me
If it were me, I'd march right back to you
I'd stop the traffic every red and green
Would let me through
There could be no land or ocean
To deny me what I notion
But I understand you're the kind of man
I'd like, if it were me
If it were me, if it were me
I'd fly high, higher than can be
But I'm on the sideline
Knowing that you're not mine
All this would be all right
Right away, if it were me
If it were me, I'd say she was insane
It's clear to me in every way
She has herself to blame
I'm glad to take the blindness
In exchange for your kindness
It sounds real rough I wish you luck
I'd love it if it were me
Walk of Shame
Last night you were my best friend
I just couldn't pull away
Then I woke up here to see you
In the light of day
I sat with you through coffee
And we kissed a little more
Now I'm checking what I'm wearing
As I'm heading out the door
I'm going home now doin' the
Walk of Shame
My hose and my make-up
Look out of place
The mornings are forgotten in the night
And though I may not look it,
I feel all right
I've got to go on home now
I've got lots of things to do
But I'm hoping when I have some time
You'll have time too
I've gotta take a shower
Oh, you'll pick me up a four?
Then on Sunday evening I'd better go out
Wearing office clothes
Sing Me to Sleep
Drinks too much, rambles
And calls other girls
Oh, doesn't he know that he is my world?
Every live woman that I've ever known
Has patted her heart when they see you alone
I know they distract you, no I'm not surprised
When I see how I feel mirrored in their eyes
Sing me to sleep, bring me your smile
I'll love you longer than a country mile
Pull up a chair to me whisper down low
If he ever leaves here then that's where I'll go
My mother would tell me that I should steer clear
There's nothing to gain from a fella on beer
My dad won't be told what I can't explain
Oh, how I love him, no I'm not the same
I had a vision when I was a child
That he would be handsome a little bit wild
He'd like a good 'ole girl, one who is true
So he could come home whenever he's through
That's What Apart Meant
Is this seat taken, was his first words
We'll live apart, near the last
He'd been talking to a woman
He was fond of in the near distant past
Oh, he wanted space and time,
And really, who am I to say?
If that's how he'll have it
I certainly applaud, but I don't think
I'll start that today
And that's what apart meant
In my apartment
Two rooms and an attitude
With you there would be more room
And I can't come home to you
You're guilty and I am too
There's no love in living rooms
When you're away
Oh, he gazes at me with those green eyes
And casts me in a spell
I can't let myself let myself
But I do so there's much less to tell
Now he's so far away, opposite of LA
And I keep looking at the time
We'll bump into each other
Perhaps with our others
And I'll tell you I'm doing just fine
Going to My Sister's House
It's so hard for me to think, and to settle down
If I go home you'll yell at me so I'll just roam around
Soon I'll have to see your eyes
Empty as a dent
As you stretch out in the living room
And I pay all the rent
Closer now to over I don't love you anymore
A final separation is filed in civil court
Once you were so good to me
Now you're mean as night
So I'm going to my sister's house tonight
I'm walking on the eggshells
Cutting up my feet
I haven't bought groceries
So I have nothing to eat
I haven't worked, I haven't slept
I'm weak like I've been bled
I spend each day in disbelief
At all the things you said
There was a time when you and I
Would run and paint the town
Now you want me arrested
Like a pet that you'd put down
I asked you nice I asked you twice
If you would go away
But this other side, this Mr. Hyde
Thinks there's more he can play
On the Road
Seems like you're tryin' to buy a used car
Weighin' out the pros and the cons
Tryin' to decide what you can and can't afford
Whether you will lease or will you buy
You put a couple thousand miles on me
Just to see how far and fast I'd go
Seems to me picking me was favor
But I gotta say that I'm still on the road
On the road, on the road
I'll be driving I'll be riding on the road
On the road, on the road
I'll be driving I'll be riding on the road
I'm sure the car theme peaked your interest
It's my way to sympathize
It's so hard for you to be yourself around me
I had to talk like I'm one of the guys
So when you're older and you remember
How it was before you slowed
Think of me in the language that you cater
That somewhere out there I'm still on the road
You think that older isn't better
Case in point this episode
So when you're stuck
Because you opted for the Escort
I gotta say that I'll be on the road
Not That Kind of Friend
Close one, almost gave in
Your friendly ways and your toothy grin
But you'll be here then gone again
And I can't be that kind of friend
My God, you haven't changed
You left my head unrearranged
You act as though there's nothing strange
In calling all hours of the day
I can't be the kind of friend you come back to
Though I'll always love you
Always and a day
I highly doubt it's time to put your hand in mine
Don't you think it's better this way
Stand back, I recognize
The way you peer from private eyes
Not even trying to disguise
Your desires and some of mine
Last call it's time to go
I escape your choker hold
I 'preciate your being bold
But this is getting a little old
all songs written by Laurel Welch
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