I was just thirty-four years old and i was still wandering in a haze
i was wondering why everyone i met seemed like they were
lost in a maze
I donand't know why i thought i should have some kind of
divine right to the blues
itand's sympathy not tears people need when theyand're the
front page sad news.
The incense burned away and the stench began to rise
and lovers now estranged avoided catching each othersand' eyes
And girls who lost their children cursed the men who fit the coil
and men not fit for marriage took their refuge in the oil
no one respects the flame quite like the fool whoand's badly burned
from all this youand'd imagine that there must be something learned
Slit skirts, jeanie never wears those slit skirts
i donand't ever wear no ripped shirts
canand't pretend that growing older never hurts.
Knee pants, jeanie never wears no knee pants
have to be so drunk to try a new dance
so afraid of every new romance
Slit skirts, slit skirt
jeanie isnand't wearing those slit skirts, slit skirt
she wouldnand't dare in those slit skirts, slit skirt
wouldnand't be seen dead in no slit skirt
Slit skirts, slit skirt
jeanie isnand't wearing those slit skirts, slit skirt
she wouldnand't dare in those slit skirts, slit skirt
wouldnand't be seen dead in no slit skirt
Romance, romance, why arenand't we thinking up romance?
why canand't we drink it up true heart romance
just need a brief new romance
Let me tell you some more about myself, you know iand'm sitting at home just now.
the big events of the day are passed and the late tv shows have come around.
iand'm number one in the home team, but i still feel unfulfilled.
a silent voice in her broken heart complaining that iand'm unskilled.
And i know that when she thinks of me, she thinks of me as him,
but, unlike me, she donand't work off her frustration in the gym.
Recriminations fester and the past can never change
a womanand's expectations run from both ends of the range
Once she walked with untamed loversand' face between her legs
now heand's cooled and stifled and itand's she who has to beg
Slit skirts, jeanie never wears those slit skirts
and i donand't ever wear no ripped shirts
canand't pretend that growing older never hurts
Knee pants, jeanie never wears no knee pants
we have to be so drunk to try a new dance
so afraid of every new romance
Slit skirts, slit skirt
jeanie isnand't wearing those slit skirts, slit skirt
she wouldnand't dare in those slit skirts, slit skirt
wouldnand't be seen dead in no slit skirt
Slit skirts, slit skirt
jeanie isnand't wearing those slit skirts, slit skirt
she wouldnand't dare in those slit skirts, slit skirt
wouldnand't be seen dead in no slit skirt
Romance, romance, why arenand't we thinking up romance?
why canand't we drink it up true heart romance
just need a brief new romance
