Lyrics

(How could you sing) A pretty love song (to another woman)
Written by Graeme Michael Hall
© 2005, Big G?s Publishing, All rights reserved


Verse 1
Well it was karaoke time
And a friend of mine
Got me up on the stage
Yeah a man of my age
So I started to sing
And a pretty young thing
Miraculously
Was comin? on to me
She had big doe eyes
The kind that hypnotize
And she was right there up on the stage
When from across the dance floor
By the restroom door
My fiancé started to rage

Chorus 1
And she was screamin??
How could you sing
A pretty love song
To another woman
Just cause I step out of sight
Doesn?t give you the right
To give her the come on
Then before I could duckc
She caught me with a left hook
Sent me falling across the stage
Then she pulled out a gun
So I started to run
Man, I felt like I was trapped in a cage

Verse 2
I got as far as the lot
When I heard a gun shot
Saw my life flash by
In the blink of an eye
Felt a pain in my butt
And when she caught up
She said ?I ain?t done?
?say your prayers you bum?
I said ?shoot! honey bun?
?I?s just havin? some fun?
Well I couldn?t think of what else to say
She shot me three more times
Where the sun never shines
And then she just walked away

Chorus 2
And my friend said?
How could you sing
A pretty love song
To that other woman
Only took you about a minute
To put your foot in it
Now ain?t you the dumb one
You really did it this time
You ain?t no friend of mine
Then he turned around and left me for dead
I was too weak to shout
And I finally passed out
But I woke up in a hospital bed

Bridge
Well now the bullet holes healed
But my autopsy revealed
That I died of a broken heart
Cause the love of my life
Didn?t wanna be my wife
She and my best friend made a new start
Well now it clearly states
Up on those pearly gates
Confess each and every sin
St Peter laughed so hard
When I showed him those scars
He said ?sorry son we can?t let you in?

Chorus 3
And he started singing?
How could you sing
A pretty love song
To that other woman
You had the love of your life
Would?a made a pretty wife
If it hadn?t been for that love song
Now son, hang on here a bit
While I fetch Old Nick
I said the devil and I started to scream
I sat bolt upright
In the middle of the night
That?s when I realized it was all a bad dream?

Chorus 4
And I swore?
I?ll never sing
A pretty love song
To another woman
I have the love of my life
Gonna make her my wife
Gonna sing her the prettiest love songs
Well that dream the other night
Really give me a fright
Taught me the difference ?tween right and wrong
So if it?s karaoke time
Ain?t no friend of mine
Gonna get me up for one single song

Yeah man it was just a bad dream