The Matter With Us

Come on and sit down
yes, i seen you around
but i never saw you looking this low
how'd a girl like you
(and so good looking, too!)
ever end up in tupelo?

Well, you ought to be out in las vegas
with some high-rolling man on each arm
but, instead, here you are
hunched over the bar
up the road from the county farm

But there's nothing the matter with you
that i can't fix
w/ just a couple more bottles of beer
so take my hand
and i'll pay the man
and we can get out of here

I ain't putting you down
you know i been around
but i never knew quite where to go
w/ all the lessons i learned
and the bridges i burned
you'd think i'd have something to show

I guess i ought to be up in memphis
raising hell on the steel guitar
instead, here we are
in this smoky old bar
just making believe i'm a star

But there's nothing the matter with me
that you can't fix
w/ just a couple more bottles of beer
so take my hand
and pay the man
and we can get out of here

We'll leave it behind
when we step outside
and if wishes were ponies
then beggars would ride

But there's nothing the matter with us
that we can't fix
w/ just a couple more bottles of beer
so take my hand
and we'll pay the man
and we can get out of here

I dunno how we got ourselves
into this fix
but i think i can see our way clear
so take my hand
and we'll pay the man
and we can get out of here