Album: single release only (2021)
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  • If he looks like he’s bad news
    6 foot five, with a couple tattoos
    A smokin’ habit and a drinkin’ problem
    Sounds like he’s my Prince Charming
    If he blames his shit on his checkered past
    Like his DUI from his last relapse
    If he’s spent a couple nights in the county jail
    Somebody get me a wedding veil
    I can’t change ‘em
    I can’t fix ‘em
    But damn I sure can pick ‘em

    Pick up the tab when they ain’t got a dime
    Picking up problems that ain’t even mine
    Picking ‘em up even though I know better
    I’m just picking up trash and calling it treasure
    I’m picking up trash and calling it treasure

    I’ve tried makin’ nice with the yes ma’am types
    The kind I know my mama likes
    But I like good times, not good manners
    So I go on back to my low standards

    Pick up the tab when they ain’t got a dime
    Picking up problems that ain’t even mine
    Picking ‘em up even though I know better
    I’m just picking up trash and calling it treasure
    I’m picking up trash and calling it treasure

    The liars, the losers
    The one-too-many-shot-of-whiskey doers
    The prescription pill abusers
    Well I always seem to choose ‘em

    Pick up the tab’ when they ain’t got a dime
    Picking up problems that ain’t even mine
    Picking em’ up even though I know better
    Picking em’ up even though I know better

    Picking up the tab when they ain’t got a dime
    Picking up problems that ain’t even mine
    Picking ‘em up even though I know better
    I’m just picking up trash and calling it treasure
    I’m picking up trash and calling it treasure

    I can’t change em’
    Can’t fix ‘em
    But damn I sure can pick ‘em Writer/s: MARY HEATHER HICKMAN, STEFANIE BARTLETT
    Publisher: Songtrust Ave
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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