(Narration with blues riff) I wanna tell yea a true story here� This is all about gratitude at its finest if you may� You see I got off work one hot sunny day� Found a priority letter waiting for me� I put it down and hit the shower thinking I needed time to read this one over� Anyhow after I showered I opened the letter thinking She was going to ask me to come back for her. Yea see she had fallen in love with me while I was doing my duty as a nice guy. Didn't take advantage of her and kept my promise to bring her back home to her folks. Anyhow I read the letter and my mouth dropped open� Said she was getting married and for me not to come get her� It didn't bother me that she was getting married because I really didn't want any relationship cept friends with her anyway. But this letter wasn't just a letter of news� It had a secret message behind it that said "be jealous of me and come back now."�. I said that is gratitude for you after all I did for her. So I went down To the local bar to think this over� I said Bartender give me a Jack and coke. Think I might need to get mad� Bartender said "women problems?"� I smiled and Wondered how he guessed. I explained the situation and had a few more. Said diiimiiit I think she just lost the greatest friend she could have ever had but I can't be bothered By the details of life. Got too many things on my mind to worry about a straggler anyhow� "bar tender! Give me a shot of the monster�" it went down smooth� so I ordered another� it went down smooth� said lets go for broke give me another and a beer. Pretty soon the room started spinning and I felt pretty fine� forgot all about the letter� heh� frock it all anyhow� This nice young lady walked in and I think I told her my life story� She told me some about her and the night seem to be going by smooth by this time� She said "sounds like you had a raw deal in life" I just laughed and said "yea but you just wait� I ain't yet begun to fight�" And you know� right there in full stagger� I realized� The letter� damn how am I gonna respond� she said "don't even bother. She will get the hint�" I said no� I will sing her a song� can you help me by writing this down� and I sang out� (full music start) Twenty eight years and twenty women And I still don't know where I been Seventeen states and three countries And it all went with a breeze From one mountain to the next Seen them all so I'll see the rest (cc1) What a sweet sweet life this has been What a sweet sweet life this has been Thank you God for letting me be one Got a fine life and a five year old son I love a woman in California I never met Got a good job and the future for me is set Have enough friends that hold me up And a good shot of something in this cup (repeat cc1) (repeat cc1) uh� oh yea� NO LIFE TILL LEATHER AND HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW! (repeat cc1) (repeat cc1) o.k. now� right� carry on�_______________________
WROTE BY: NIGHTHORSE