ABE LINCOLN

(Chip Robinson) Ghost Shirt Music/ASCAP

I could've been Abe Lincoln sporting $50 glasses
Standing at the bar throwing all the girls passes
Standing in the rain at he end of the line
Trying to steal something that'll never me mine

You coulda been Jean Harlow eating popcorn at the movies
Still trying to make me listen to some old Flaming Groovies
Standing on the corner of Hollywood and Vine
Trying to give me something that will never be mine

You're fading slow
Like a bloodstain on my sleeve
And I'm learning faster and faster
Just what it takes to leave

I coulda been a saint and not a rank backslider
Praying in a cell but I was so deep inside of her
Sitting on the tracks with a bottle of wine
Trying to find something that will never be mine

You coulda been that redhead in that long white Cadillac
Flying down Lyndon Lane
Screaming "The hell with you, Hugh" I ain't never coming back
Smiling through the glass like an angel divine
Just another kiss that will never be mine