The Best Is Barely Good Enough Lyrics - John Kay

Words and music by John Kay 

Once I knew a girl 

Lived on the other side of town 

Everybody knew her family's name 

She had the best of everything 

While I just had my fun 

I finally ask her out but she explained 

The very finest is what I'm used to 

The very finest it has to be 

And when she saw me counting my quarters 

Well, she just never took another look at me 

She said the best is barely good enough 

And if that's all you got then it won't do 

The best is barely good enough 

And if that's it then I can't go with you 

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Just the other night 

I played a concert in Atlanta 

And there she was, right in the second row 

Afterwards she asked me 

Would I like to come on over 

So I explained to her why I said no 

The very finest is what I'm used to 

The very finest if nothing more 

And then she saw me leave with her sister 

That's when I hollered 

Through the closing backstage door 

For me the best is barely good enough 

And I know what you got and it won't do 

The best is barely good enough 

And that is why I just can't go with you 

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Spent that night quiet pleasantly 

Her sister in my arms 

We passed the times in many different ways 

She wondered what I thought of her 

I said "You're number one 

You know that's why I'm asking you to stay 

The very finest is what I'm used to 

The very finest that's why you're here" 

But when I asked her how I was doing 

Well, she just kinda smiled 

And whispered in my ear 

She said your best is barely good enough 

But if that's all you got then it must do 

The best is barely good enough 

But if that's it then it will have to do 

1978 Rambunctious Music (ASCAP)