Terry Taylor - With What I Should Have Said lyrics

When I'm by myself I'm quite the magician With the turn of the phrase And the juxtaposition But give me a crowd And watch me go fishin' Turn up the heat And I'm out of the kitchen Bob got in a good one At my expense He had 'em all laughin' At my weak-kneed defense On the bus goin' home I could only resort To imagine a comeback Some snappy retort But my chance is over, It's a play in my head Where I really nail him With what I should have said Friday night at the party, Sue was quite the wit She got in some zingers 'bout my politics Like a frog on a hot rock My brain squrimed around For the perfect rejoinder Which I never found Now my chance is over, It's a play in my head Where I turn the tables With what I should have said With what I should have said I would know in advance I'm the master of banter The King of Romance The guy in the center Whose leading the dance, Not the kid in the corner With the big pair of pants And now I'm in bed With what I should have said Today at the bus stop A man read the news Shook his head and he asked me My religious views But the answers he needed Somehow wouldn't come From the back of my brain To the tip of my tongue Well now that that's over It's a play in my head 'bout how I convinced him With what I should have said Now most nights I'm in bed With what I should have said