(Gretchen Peters)
Couple of guys sittin' around drinkin'
Down at the Starlight Bar
One of 'em says, "You know I've been thinking"
Other one says, "That won't get you too far"
He says, "This is your life, and welcome to it
It's just workin' and drinkin' and dreams
Ad on TV says ‘Just Do It'
Hell if I know what that means"
The secret of life is a good cup of coffee
The secret of life is keep your eye on the ball
The secret of life is a beautiful woman
And Marilyn stares down from the barroom wall
"You and me, we're just a couple of zeros
Just a couple of down-and-outs
But movie stars and football heroes
What have they got to be unhappy about?"
So they turn to the bartender, "Sam, what do you think?
What's the key that unlocks that door?"
Sam don't say nothin', just wipes off the bar
And he pours them a couple more
'Cause the secret of life is in Sam's martinis
The secret of life is in Marilyn's eyes
The secret of life is in Monday Night Football
Rolling Stones records and Mom's apple pie
Sam looks up from his Sunday paper
Says, "Boys, you're on the wrong track
The secret of life is there ain't no secret
And you don't get your money back"
Hey
The secret of life is gettin' up early
The secret of life is stayin' up late
The secret of life is try not to hurry
But don't wait
Don't wait
The secret of life is a good cup of coffee
The secret of life is keep your eye on the ball
The secret of life is to find the right woman
The secret of life is nothin' at all
Oh, it's nothin' at all
The secret of life
Couple of guys sittin' around drinkin'
Down at the Starlight Bar
One of 'em says, "You know I've been thinking"
Other one says, "That won't get you too far"
"TWell she's a woman of the world and God she knows it
She'll turn my head every time she shows it
Yeah nothin' you can do nothin' you can say
No way you can try to change her way
She might be gone tomorrow
Honey say what you gotta say
Lordy lordy lordy lordy what a woman... how ya feelin'
You know I tried I tried I tried so hard to please her
She'd give me a look if I beg to tease her
Yeah...there's nothin' you can say, nothin' you can do
No way you can try to coochie coo
She might be gone tomorrow oh lordy what you gonna do
Now I tried with an open hand and a heart of sorrow
Hoped that everything would be alright alright alright
Don't save too much lovin' for tomorrow
Get out all your lovin' here tonight
Night night night night night night night night night night night night
And I tried with an open hand and a heart of sorrow
Hoped that everything would be alright alright alright alright
Don't save too much lovin' for tomorrow
Get out all your lovin' here tonight
She got big eyed cats she got coats of sable
She sits forty four at her dinner table
Yeah there's nothin' you can do nothin' you can say
No way you can try to change her way
She might be gone tomorrow oh throwin' it all away