THE PITCHFORK SONG - by Ray O'Bannon


well I know I stayed out kinda late
and I really meant to call
couldn't find a dime and it seems the phone
got ripped right off the wall
but you was on my mind the whole darn time
and you know that ain't no bull
but I couldn't just quit with an ace high flush
and the keg was still half full

Chorus:
you know I got a few short comings
lord I ain't the perfect man
but it sure is hard to hold you
with that pitchfork in your hands

when I got home, brought a dozen roses
and a Whitman sampler too
had a little stuffed bear and a shiny ring
and I was gonna make it up to you
but then you sat me right down and you started in
and you really made your case
threw my stuff out the upstairs window
slammed the front door in my face

(chorus)

aw, come on darlin', we can work this out
if you'll just unload that shotgun
and call the dogs off

yeah, there's times a man can't always tell
just what he aught to do
I know I'm hard to live with
but I'm still in love with you

I got a few shortcomings, lord
I ain't the perfect man
but it sure is hard to hold you
with that pitchfork in your hands
sure is hard to hold you
I think it's time somebody told you
that it sure is hard to hold you
with that pitchfork in your hands

dag nabbit, honey, that thing's sharp


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