All I Can Take

(album: Wings On My Shoes - 2022)

Misty was an exotic dancer had rockets on the soles of her shoes
That's the only thing she was wearing when the bouncer came to give her the news
He said there was a man from the city with a smile and boatload of cash
Said he was looking for a good time so she just sprayed on some perfume and laughed

Oh cause it's one for the money
Sometimes 2 or 3 for the show
All for a taste of the honey
I'm starting to break
Had about all I can take

Jimmy was an insurance salesman thought maybe it was all a mistake
Dreamed about Toledo, Ohio cause he knew he'd never make it to Spain
Stayed up all night reading Hemmingway with cheap dreams and expensive gin
The sun would come up he'd fill up his cup and get ready just to do it again

Oh cause it's one for the money
Sometimes 2 or 3 for the show
All for a taste of the honey
I'm starting to break
Had about all I can take

Now there's a baby that cries in the kitchen while her mama's out missing her youth
There's a man drinking cheap gin in his bedroom and they both try to hustle the truth

Oh cause it's one for the money
Sometimes 2 or 3 for the show
All for a taste of the honey
I'm starting to break
Had about all I can take