Movie Star

Tawdry slur
You’ll mutter
She’ll hear 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 your 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
To get away
To get away