Greener Than The Grass (We Laid On)

He paints quite a picture for the girls in my home town

And I was no exception to the rule

Singing all them songs about the places that he's been

Made a body feel just like a fool

My pride was like the paper bag that once held the wine

Thrown without no caution to the wind

He left me like the empty bottle lying on the ground

Swearing he would pick me up again

And I was greener than the grass we laid on

Underneath that Alabama sun

I guess I should have known

That old highway was his home

Do-do-do-do-do-do do-do-do

He said that I was prettier than Paris in the rain

Lord, he filled me full of gypsy lies

Swearing that he'd come back to fetch me in the Spring

Too ashamed to look me in the eye

Well I find about as simple as the cotton dress I've torn

Sneaking in the house at 3 a.m.

Momma liked to question me the day after and I was sure

Her intuition told her where I'd been

And I was greener than the grass we laid on

Underneath that Alabama sun

I guess I should have known

That old highway was his home

Do-do-do-do-do-do do-do-do