Straight Jacket Love

[Chorus – Haggard lead; Deadbeats low choir underneath]
She hugs me like a straight jacket
Won't let me run
Pinned in her crazy love
Till the feelin's done
Can't move an inch
But I can't get enough
Yeah
She hugs me like a straight jacket
That straight jacket kinda love

[Verse 2 – Haggard, a touch more swagger]
Her chin on my shoulder
Coffee on her breath
Holdin' on tighter
Every time I'm stressed
I say "girl, ease up"
She just squeezes more
I fake that I'm strugglin'
She laughs, locks the door

[Verse 3 – Haggard, tender lilt, almost smiling; singing her words back to her]
You miss the hintin'
Go steppin' in blind
Say somethin' sideways
Don't read my signs
I throw that look
Yeah, the "boy, not now"
But I'm bitin' my smile
While I'm pullin' you down

You drive me crazy
Like you're tryin' your luck
So I wrap you up tight
In that straight jacket love
Gotta teach you gentle
Where you get too rough
Yeah, you're my kind of wild
So I'm your straight jacket love

[Bridge – Haggard, half-time; heartbeat kick drum]
Friends say
"Man, don't you need
A little room to breathe?"
I smile
"I used to
But that was the old me"
'Cause out in this wild world
I've had more than enough
Of feelin' too loose
Now I'm tied up in love

[Final Chorus – Haggard, full and wide; Deadbeats choir swelling behind]
She hugs me like a straight jacket
Won't let me run
Pinned in her crazy love
Till the feelin's done
Can't move an inch
But I can't get enough
[Haggard, playful, teasing]
Yeah, I know you're crazy
But you're all that I want
Yeah
She hugs me like a straight jacket
That straight jacket kinda love

[Outro – Haggard alone, half-laughing, playing both sides; loose fading vamp]
[Haggard, warm, half-laughing]
Dang… everything's bigger in Texas…
Even the threats are big
[Haggard, teasing lilt]
Mm-hmm… just as big as the love that makes 'em
[Haggard, chuckling, soft]
Yeah… guess I ain't gettin' outta this one
[Haggard, smiling, close]
Oh, you ain't tryin' that hard anyway
[Haggard, soft, fading]
That straight jacket kinda love

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[Verse 1 – Haggard, warm baritone, close-mic'd] End of the day Boots by the door She's laughin' in the kitchen Leanin' in for more Arms 'round my ribs Like she's lockin' me down "That's far enough, mister" Spinnin' me 'round [Chorus – Haggard lead; Deadbeats low choir underneath] She hugs me like a straight jacket Won't let me run Pinned in her crazy love Till the feelin's done Can't move an inch But I can't get enough Yeah She hugs me like a straight jacket That straight jacket kinda love [Verse 2 – Haggard, a touch more swagger] Her chin on my shoulder Coffee on her breath Holdin' on tighter Every time I'm stressed I say "girl, ease up" She just squeezes more I fake that I'm strugglin' She laughs, locks the door [Chorus – Haggard lead; Deadbeats low choir underneath] She hugs me like a straight jacket Won't let me run Pinned in her crazy love Till the feelin's done Can't move an inch But I can't get enough Yeah She hugs me like a straight jacket That straight jacket kinda love [Verse 3 – Haggard, tender lilt, almost smiling; singing her words back to her] You miss the hintin' Go steppin' in blind Say somethin' sideways Don't read my signs I throw that look Yeah, the "boy, not now" But I'm bitin' my smile While I'm pullin' you down You drive me crazy Like you're tryin' your luck So I wrap you up tight In that straight jacket love Gotta teach you gentle Where you get too rough Yeah, you're my kind of wild So I'm your straight jacket love [Bridge – Haggard, half-time; heartbeat kick drum] Friends say "Man, don't you need A little room to breathe?" I smile "I used to But that was the old me" 'Cause out in this wild world I've had more than enough Of feelin' too loose Now I'm tied up in love [Final Chorus – Haggard, full and wide; Deadbeats choir swelling behind] She hugs me like a straight jacket Won't let me run Pinned in her crazy love Till the feelin's done Can't move an inch But I can't get enough [Haggard, playful, teasing] Yeah, I know you're crazy But you're all that I want Yeah She hugs me like a straight jacket That straight jacket kinda love [Outro – Haggard alone, half-laughing, playing both sides; loose fading vamp] [Haggard, warm, half-laughing] Dang… everything's bigger in Texas… Even the threats are big [Haggard, teasing lilt] Mm-hmm… just as big as the love that makes 'em [Haggard, chuckling, soft] Yeah… guess I ain't gettin' outta this one [Haggard, smiling, close] Oh, you ain't tryin' that hard anyway [Haggard, soft, fading] That straight jacket kinda love

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