Greener Than the Grass We Laid On-David Allan Coe

[ti:Greener Than the Grass We Laid On] [ar:David Allan Coe] [al:The Essential David Allan Coe] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Greener Than the Grass We Laid On - David Allan Coe [00:00.94]I painted quite a picture for the girls in her home town [00:07.06] [00:09.48]And she was no exception to the rule [00:13.76] [00:17.04]Singing all them songs about the places that I've been [00:22.97] [00:25.50]Made a body fell just like a fool [00:28.32] [00:32.90]She was like the paper bag [00:35.65]That once had held the wine [00:38.18] [00:40.10]Thrown without no caution to the wind [00:44.07] [00:47.00]I left her like the empty bottle lying' on the ground [00:53.11] [00:54.81]Swearing' I'd pick her up again [00:58.62] [01:01.85]She was greener than the grass we laid on [01:06.87] [01:09.31]Underneath that Alabama sun [01:13.13] [01:15.85]I guess she should have known [01:18.49] [01:19.29]That old' highway was my home [01:22.21] [01:24.42]Do do do do do do do do do [01:31.44] [01:37.31]I said she was prettier than Paris in the rain [01:42.75] [01:45.01]Lord I filled her full of gypsy lies [01:48.36] [01:51.75]Swearing' I'd be coming back [01:54.80]To fetch her in the Spring [01:57.00] [01:58.94]Too ashamed to look her in the eye [02:02.21] [02:05.92]She looked about as simple [02:08.24]As the cotton dress I've torn [02:11.49] [02:13.03]Sneaking' in her house at 3 a m [02:16.60] [02:19.40]Her Momma liked to question me the day [02:23.78]After and I was sure [02:25.43] [02:26.67]Her intuition told her where we'd been [02:30.63] [02:33.83]She was greener than the grass we laid on [02:38.84] [02:41.16]Underneath that Alabama sun [02:44.85] [02:47.45]I guess she should have known [02:49.91] [02:50.69]That old' highway was my home [02:53.21] [02:54.95]She should have never listened [02:55.70]To my songs to my songs [03:00.23] [03:01.46]She should have never listened to my songs [03:03.93] [03:05.77]Do do do do do do do do do [03:12.50] [03:14.41]Do do do do do do do do do [03:21.31] [03:22.87]Do do do