<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=80528" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Great Compromise</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I knew a girl who was almost a lady<br>She had a way with all the men in her life<br>Every inch of her blossomed in beauty<br>And she was born on the fourth of july<br>Well she lived in an aluminum house trailer<br>And she worked in a juke box saloon<br>And she spent all the money I give her<br>Just to see the old man in the moon<br>Chorus:<br>I used to sleep at the foot of old glory<br>And awake in the dawns early light<br>But much to my surprise<br>When I opened my eyes<br>I was a victim of the great compromise<br>Well wed go out on saturday evenings<br>To the drive-in on route 41<br>And it was there that I first suspected<br>That she was doin what shed already done<br>She said johnny wont you get me some popcorn<br>And she knew I had to walk pretty far<br>And as soon as I passed through the moonlight<br>She hopped into a foreign sports car<br>(repeat chorus)<br>Well you know I could have beat up that fellow<br>But it was her that had hopped into his car<br>Many times Id fought to protect her<br>But this time she was goin too far<br>Now some folks they call me a coward<br>cause I left her at the drive-in that night<br>But Id druther have names thrown at me<br>Than to fight for a thing that aint right<br>(repeat chorus)<br>Now she writes all the fellows love letters<br>Saying greetings, come and see me real soon<br>And they go and line up in the barroom<br>And spend the night in that sick womans room<br>But sometimes I get awful lonesome<br>And I wish she was my girl instead<br>But she wont let me live with her<br>And she makes me live in my head<br>(repeat chorus)</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />song performed by by John Prine - <i><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/" target=_blank></a></i><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=80528" data-title="The Great Compromise" data-description="I knew a girl who was almost a lady She had a way with all the men in her life Every inch of her blossomed in beauty And she was born on the fourth of july Well she lived in an aluminum house trailer And she worked in a juke box saloon And she spe..."></div> </div> </div>

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