The Girl I Almost Married
by Joey Harris
The Beat Farmers, "Poor And Famous", Curb Records, 1987
Drunk again out on the front lawn
Her dress pulled up and the moon is shinin'
I swear that girl's drunk up all of my tequila
I guess I better get her 'fore the trash man finds her, yeah
Long past when I'm dead and buried
She'll still be bangin' around
The girl I almost married
Met her in a bar when she was nineteen
I was twenty-nine goin' on sixty-five
Said she knew a better way to get my kicks
Now I'm stuck with her till the day I die, oh yeah
Long past when I'm dead and buried
She'll still be bangin' around
The girl I almost married
(bridge)
And though I know she'll probably kill me
I know I'd die if she weren't with me
This little girl's got the soul of an old man
She says life is short you gotta grab it with both hands
And if by chance we happen to go over
We spend all week in bed with the sweetest hangover, yeah
Long past when I'm dead and buried
She'll still be bangin' around
The girl I almost married