Her First Mistake

Once upon a time ago
 Way up in the land of sleet and snow
 How this fairy tale would go
 I could not have known
 I had searched around this world so mean
 From Livingstone to Palestine
 Trying to pursue my dream
 Of love
 It was then I met this girl so fine
 She made me think so fast I left my thought behind
 And I tried to pass for a sophisticated
 Northern man
 I said, "Why, yes my dear I know exactly what you mean
 Because there? s not so much I haven? t done or seen
 And may I say your eyes are the loveliest
 Shade of jade"
 I said, "Come on baby
 Come on baby
 Come on baby"
 It was then I knew I had made my first mistake
 She did not even start to wait
 And as she turned around to walk away
 This is what she had to say
 She told me "Man, I come from way down South
 I? ve got a picket fence with a picket house
 And I don? t need no fast talking northern man
 Like you around"
 I said, "Well, come on baby
 Come on baby
 Come on baby"
 Honey, I don? t know what you just heard
 But Alabama is my favorite word
 And Birmingham
 Is a long way from here
 Why, I could see the light began to shine
 She turned back around her eyes met mine
 And suddenly the whole world became
 A better place
 Even if it was only for an instant
 Because it was then I knew I had made my
 Second mistake
 She told me, "Man that was a real good try
 But Alabama? s not where I reside
 I come from where the river is wide
 And the crawfish hide"
 I said, "Well come on baby
 Come on baby
 Come on baby"
 Honey, I don? t know what you just heard
 But Louisiana is my favorite word
 And New Orleans
 Is a long way from here
 She just looked at me and shook her head
 "Your lines are pretty sad" she said
 "You are a lonely, weak, pathetic man
 If this is doing the best you can"
 It was then I knew I had made my third mistake
 Yes, three strikes right across the plate
 And as I hollered honey, "Please wait"
 She was gone
 I said, "Well come on baby
 Come on baby
 Come on baby"
 Honey, I don? t know what you just heard
 Bartender set? em up are my favorite words
 Because the love I need
 Is a long way from here
 Oh the love I need
 Is a long way from here
 Yes well, there I sat so all alone
 Like a king who sits upon his throne
 And whose kingdom may have just gone home
 With another kingdom
 So as you can imagine much to my surprise
 When the door was flung back open wide
 It was a miracle, she walked inside
 And pulled her chair up next to me
 And that? s when she knew
 She had made her
 First mistake
 Well honey, I don? t know what you just heard
 But come on baby are my favorite words
 And where we? re going
 Is a long way from here
 And where we? re going to
 Is a long way from here
 So like I said before, I could not have known
 How this fairy tale would finally go
 Still the only certain thing for sure
 Is what I do not know
 So like the years and all the seasons pass
 And like the sand runs through the hour glass
 I just keep on running faster, chasing the happily
 I am ever after
 I just keep on running faster
 Chasing the happily
 I am ever after