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A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME blues song lyrics
by Joel Sattler

there was a girl
I tell you mister
I walked right up to her and I kissed her
and then she said
boy you're dead
and then she whupped me upside the head
what can I say
I was only nine
and it seemed like a good idea at the time

there was a bar
so I been told
and so I walked in out of the cold
and on the stage
I do declare
was a naked girl on a pole
I put a buck
under the line
it seemed like a good idea at the time

the bouncer bounced
me outta there
I tole him man this just isn't fair
he said my friend
it's not the end
come back you got more moola to spend
I took a swing
that was a crime
but it seemed like a good idea at the time

and so I spent
the night in jail
with not a soul who would make my bail
I was the sorriest
fool in town
I swear I never ever been so down
they let me out
cause I was cryin'
I guess they thought that was a good idea

I asked that girl
to marry me
she said why don't you just let me be
but she relent
was heaven sent
but now I just don't know where she went
she said she loved me
but she was lyin'
that wasn't a good idea at all, no sir

so now I sit
in my rocking chair
and think back on all the things that I dared
I took the cake
made some mistakes
I guess I blew my lucky break
still you gotta try
when you're in your prime
if it seems like a good idea at the time

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