Greener Than The Grass We Laid On Lyrics - David Allan Coe

By David Allan Coe 

I painted quite a picture for the girls in her home town 

And she was no exception to the rule 

Singing all them songs about the places I've been 

Made a body fell just like a fool 

She was like the paper bag that once had held the wine 

Thrown without no caution to the wind 

I left her like the empty bottle lying' on the ground 

Swearing' I'd pick her up again 

She was greener than the grass we laid on 

Underneath that Alabama sun 

I guess she should have known 

That old' highway was my home 

Do-do-do-do-do-do do-do-do 

I said she was prettier than Paris in the rain 

Lord, I filled her full of gypsy lies 

Swearing' I'd be coming back to fetch her in the Spring 

Too ashamed to look her in the eye 

She looked about as simple as the cotton dress I've torn 

Sneaking' in her house at 3 a.m. 

Her Momma liked to question me the day after and I was sure 

Her intuition told her where we'd been