A pretty girl bout a line

It didn't cost her very much

An hour or so of her time

A little bit of tenderness and such

And I set her in a beautiful light

And I loved her in a beautiful way

And I didn't think about all the loneliness and pain

I'd be living in the coming day

A chord on a couple of corny lines

Played then gone no one listened anyway

Close your eyes and try to sleep

Turn your head away and let that poor boy weep

It's been empty for us for such a long time

And the rhymes are all slipping away

And everybody's singing and you can't get away

And you must be everything they say

And the Jesus is hidden away

And the God won't give me a hand

And the devil sits and waits knowing that I'll come around

And for sure I'm easy prey