SERVES ME RIGHT - country lament
I get memories of our melody before I lost the song
I get dreams at night that hurt me right
Where your heart should belong
I get letters from your lawyer and your Ma and Papa too
But I never get a letter from you
Serves me right for trusting love the way a sucker can
And thinking that was all I had to do
Serves me right for being such a trusting kind of man
And thinking love was meant for me and you
I get heartache from remembering the way it all went wrong
I get pain inside from my hurt pride at being strung along
I get phone calls from your lawyer and your Ma and Papa too
But I never get a phone call from you
Serves me right for trusting love the way a sucker can
And thinking that was all I had to do
Serves me right for being such a trusting kind of man
And thinking love was meant for me and you
I get lonesome on my ownsome and i miss you every day
I get crazy mad and soulful sad and love you come what may
I get visits from your lawyer and your Ma and Papa too
But I never get a visit from you...
Never!
M.C. Newberry
Sun 7th Sep 2014 19:04
Hi JC - the American obsession with lawyers - that love/hate relationship they seem to have -was the inspiration. That made it fun to write.
PF - sorry...can't help with the lyric line you mention but it has the sound of a song by the late George Jones (or someone of his era).
A famous song of his - as I recall - was "He Stopped Loving Her Today". The line you quote has that kind of feel to it.