Janice At The Hotel Bar

Album: The Dream (2020)
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  • She believes in face cream at the Walgreens and ruby-red lips
    She'd take a vodka over dessert, sugar goes straight to your hips
    And she don't smoke cigarettes 'cause it ain't lady-like
    She'll cuss like a sailor, she ain't afraid to fight
    She mows her own lawn and talks on her landline
    She's got a granddaughter, still single, can't say she's surprised
    Eats sardines by the can and berries from a vine
    Be careful with the truth, girl, but don't you ever lie

    And stay off the pills
    But get on the pill if you ain't ready to start a family
    And pay all your bills
    But give some away, all that money won't make you happy
    Make good love, good company
    Drink good wine, make good coffee
    Keep your chin up, but every once in a while
    Have a good cry
    Well, go on and make a good livin', girl, don't forget
    To make a good life

    She says all men are babies and that's just how they roll
    They'll drive you crazy like a run in your hose
    One day, you might want one, make sure he's your best friend
    'Cause if he can make you laugh, you might just make it to the end

    Stay off the pills
    But get on the pill if you ain't ready to start a family
    And pay all your bills
    But give some away, all that money won't make you happy
    Make good love, good company
    Drink good wine, raise good babies
    Keep your chin up, ain't nothin' wrong with makin' a good wife
    Well, go on and make a good livin', girl, don't forget
    To make a good life

    And we were talkin' like old friends, down at that hotel bar
    She said a glass of red every day is damn good for the heart
    And she said I'm not tryin' to preach, but it's just my own two cents
    That the prize is lookin' back and knowin' it was all time well spent

    Paris in the spring, in 1973
    She said if there is a Heaven, well, that's right where I'll be
    We said our goodbyes
    She gave me a wink and grabbed her coat to leave
    I won't ever forget everythin' Janice said to me

    Make good love, good company
    Drink good wine, make good coffee
    Make a life so good that you ain't gotta live it twice
    Go on and make a good livin', girl, don't forget
    To make a good life
    Go on and make a good life Writer/s: Hailey Whitters, Lori McKenna
    Publisher: Bluewater Music Corp., CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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