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SERVES ME RIGHT - country lament

I get memories of our melody before I lost the song

I get dreams at night that hurt me right

Where your heart should belong

I get letters from your lawyer and your Ma and Papa too

But I never get a letter from you

 

Serves me right for trusting love the way a sucker can

And thinking that was all I had to do

Serves me right for being such a trusting kind of man

And thinking love was meant for me and you

 

I get heartache from remembering the way it all went wrong

I get pain inside from my hurt pride at being strung along

I get phone calls from your lawyer and your Ma and Papa too

But I never get a phone call from you

 

Serves me right for trusting love the way a sucker can

And thinking that was all I had to do

Serves me right for being such a trusting kind of man

And thinking love was meant for me and you

 

I get lonesome on my ownsome and i miss you every day

I get crazy mad and soulful sad and love you come what may

I get visits from your lawyer and your Ma and Papa too

But I never get a visit from you...

Never!

 

 

◄ THE SNP

BLESS! ►

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M.C. Newberry

Sun 7th Sep 2014 19:04

Hi JC - the American obsession with lawyers - that love/hate relationship they seem to have -was the inspiration. That made it fun to write.
PF - sorry...can't help with the lyric line you mention but it has the sound of a song by the late George Jones (or someone of his era).
A famous song of his - as I recall - was "He Stopped Loving Her Today". The line you quote has that kind of feel to it.

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John Coopey

Sun 7th Sep 2014 17:25

Willie Nelson would be happy to have written this one, MC. Particularly like the juxtapos of the lawyers letters and the girlfriends.

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