Screwed For Life

[good4somethingbum]

Screwed For LifeThis cowgirl was cozyin’ up to my stoolGator boots…brush fire hair, gawd that gal was coolBut I’d just finished my fourth gin n juiceI said, “honey, trust me…I’m real bad newsDad was a mean marine who took no crapLook at him strange and I got a leather strapWas just 17 when I stole the neighbor’s carHadda join the Corps or do time behind barsChased foreign coochie…saw some combatCame back home a rowdy tomcatKept drinkin’ and said with my upbringin’I’m screwed for life, crooked and twistedFightin’ mad and two-fistedMy old Baptist deacon, said “sin has a priceAnd lemme tell ya boy you’re freakin’ screwed for life”Well, she challenged me to a game of dartsAnd said, “you’re a man after my own heartDaybreak at home was a trip to the dark sideDad face down on the porch after losin’ a barfightDon’t know why he started fights when he lost at poolMy fat mama could always whup that skinny foolWe’d have starved if I hadn’t learned to shootCoat hanger squirrel-cabob cost dad many a toothAnd I can’t set foot in ArizonaCos I shot a mean ex-boyfriend in Sedona”She wasn’t like other women, cos she started grinnin’ and laughed“I’m screwed for life, bent up and twistedFightin’ mad and two-fistedI ain’t conscience stricken, though sin has a priceMama said “chile you’re frickin’ screwed for life”Well, life is rough and even the tough need love to surviveNow you see, I love her, she loves me and we’re glad to be screwed for lifeYeah, screwed for life, crooked and twistedFightin’ mad and two-fistedOur old Baptist deacon, says love has a priceAnd lemme tell ya folks you’re freakin’ screwed for life©2007 Robert George