Tawdry slur You'll mutter She'll here you You'll argue You've got her records in the basement You've got half a case left You say that I remind you of a movie star No one likes you when you're as old as we are And you were barefoot on Magnolia Avenue The day I met you Bleary-eyed, without permission You work out own rendition Of your contingency in three acts: Tennessee River, a drunken relapse
And her new girlfriend, she's got a new girlfriend now You say that I remind you of a movie star No one likes you when you're as old as we are And you were barefoot on Magnolia Avenue The day I met you You and me don't earn much pay But you and me got enough to get away If we want to You and me don't earn much pay But you and me got enough to get away…