[slide guitar solo] [Chorus] I’ve told the people Time and time again They look at me through a keyhole With Beth Anny Blue you just can’t win She makes me put the sign up Something I just can’t stop [Verse 1] I was driving down the road Saw a lady walking, carrying a load So I offered her a ride She got in and sighed She told me she wished She knew how to drive [Verse 2] I was taken with her So offered to teach her We met up once a week In 6 months we never broke that streak In the end she was as good as me Asked her to marry me [slide guitar solo] [Chorus 2] She was smiling and happy Said she thought I’d never ask Yes she said, and make it snappy After that she kept me to task I was never any more happy She was all I could ever ask [Verse 3] Years down the road The children all growed Wanted a car of her own Went looking, didn’t want a loan We found a car, bright blue and true That was the day we saw Bethanny Blue [Verse 4] I came to regret Buying that car for Margret She was off and running She kept that engine gunning All over the map she was I put a GPS in, and work it does [slide guitar solo] [Chorus 1] I’ve told the people Time and time again They look at me through a keyhole With Beth Anny Blue you just can’t win She makes me put the sign up Something I just can’t stop [Verse 5] I wanted to go with her But work would make me wither Until one day I retired And I thought I would try her Asked Marge, she thought Seemed with something she fought [Verse 6] Took a while to get a word She was thinking hard I thought she was gonna say No, then one day She told me to pack a case Make it small, just incase [slide guitar solo] [Chorus 2] She was smiling and happy Said she thought I’d never ask Yes she said, and make it snappy On the road fear I couldn't mask Horizon all wrong and trippy The smile on her face was a mask [Verse 7] That was the only one I took When we got back I was shook She took me places Towns at the end were fine It was the in between places They weren’t in line [Verse 8] Crazy towns with wrong names Signs and products I couldn’t read Roads that played out like veins Couldn’t figure where they lead To our destination my clues were few That was Beth Anny Blue [spoken dialogue] I’ve told the people Time and time again They look at me through a keyhole With Beth Anny Blue you just can’t win She makes me put the sign up Something I just can’t stop [slide guitar refrain] [End]
