The Great Compromise

Capo on the 5th fret V1: I knew a girl who was almost a lady She had a way with all the men in her life Every inch of her blossomed in beauty She was born on the fourth of July V2: Well she lived in an aluminum house trailer And she worked in a jukebox saloon And she spent all the money that I give her Just to see the ol’ man in the moon CHORUS: I used to sleep at the foot of Old Glory And awake in the dawn’s early light But much to my surprise when I opened my eyes I was a victim of the great compromise            V3: Well we’d go out on Saturday evenings To the drive-in on Route Forty-One And it was there that I first suspected She was doing what she’d already done V4: She said "Johnny won’t you get me some popcorn?" And she knew I had to walk pretty far And as soon as I passed through the moonlight She hopped into a foreign sports car REPEAT CHORUS V5: Well you know I could have beat up the feller But it was her who had hopped into his car As many times as I’d fought to protect her This time she was goin’ too far V6: Now some folks they call me a coward ’Cause I left her at the drive-in that night But I’d rather have names thrown at me Than to fight for a thing that ain’t right REPEAT CHORUS V7: Now she writes all the fellers love letters Saying "Greetings! Come and see me real soon!" And they go and line up the barroom To spend the night in that sick woman’s room V8: But sometimes I get awful lonesome And I wish she was my girl instead But she won’t let me live with her And she makes me live in my head REPEAT CHORUS