Shoulda Been(the Other Way Around)

[couchgrouch]

Shoulda Been(the Other Way Around)She spent her last twenty bucksfor a new 'do at Supercutsand wore her newest old dress that dayshe'd been through a bad divorcewas getting back in the work forceand willing to accept beginner's paythough she was qualifiedand more than worth the wageshe was robbed, they gave that jobto some cupcake half her ageit shoulda been the other way aroundshoulda been the other way aroundI don't like takin' sidesbut some things just ain't rightthings get twisted and turned upside downand it makes a man, say I'll be damnedit shoulda been the other way aroundJoe heard noises in his yardhis kids were sleepin'...it was after darkso he got that cabinet unlockedas he loaded his thirty-eightbehind him he heard a window breakso he aimed for the leg and shotseems he violatedthat burglar's civil rightscos the cops slapped the cuffson poor Joe that nightit shoulda been the other way aroundshoulda been the other way aroundI don't like takin' sidesbut some things just ain't rightthings get twisted and turned upside downand it makes a man, say I'll be damnedit shoulda been the other way aroundsilver whiskers...long grey ponytailwise old eyes that'd seen it allhe wrote songs with the wisdom of a sagewell, he coulda sung all nightbut he hadda step asideand let some video kid on stageI know that troubadorhad more tales to tellso I stood on my seatraised my beer and yelledit shoulda been the other way aroundshoulda been the other way aroundI don't like takin' sidesbut some things just ain't rightthings get twisted and turned upside downand it makes a man, say I'll be damnedit shoulda been the other way around(c)2005 Robert George