Her First Mistake Lyrics - Lyle Lovett

Once upon a time ago 

Way up in the land of sleet and snow 

How this fairy tale would go 

I could not have known 

I had searched around this world so mean 

From Livingstone to Palestine 

Trying to pursue my dream 

Of love 

It was then I met this girl so fine 

She made me think so fast I left my thought behind 

And I tried to pass for a sophisticated 

Northern man 

I said, "Why, yes my dear I know exactly what you mean 

Because there? s not so much I haven? t done or seen 

And may I say your eyes are the loveliest 

Shade of jade" 

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I said, "Come on baby 

Come on baby 

Come on baby" 

It was then I knew I had made my first mistake 

She did not even start to wait 

And as she turned around to walk away 

This is what she had to say 

She told me "Man, I come from way down South 

I? ve got a picket fence with a picket house 

And I don? t need no fast talking northern man 

Like you around" 

I said, "Well, come on baby 

Come on baby 

Come on baby" 

Honey, I don? t know what you just heard 

But Alabama is my favorite word 

And Birmingham 

Is a long way from here 

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Why, I could see the light began to shine 

She turned back around her eyes met mine 

And suddenly the whole world became 

A better place 

Even if it was only for an instant 

Because it was then I knew I had made my 

Second mistake 

She told me, "Man that was a real good try 

But Alabama? s not where I reside 

I come from where the river is wide 

And the crawfish hide" 

I said, "Well come on baby 

Come on baby 

Come on baby" 

Honey, I don? t know what you just heard 

But Louisiana is my favorite word 

And New Orleans 

Is a long way from here 

She just looked at me and shook her head 

"Your lines are pretty sad" she said 

"You are a lonely, weak, pathetic man 

If this is doing the best you can" 

It was then I knew I had made my third mistake 

Yes, three strikes right across the plate 

And as I hollered honey, "Please wait" 

She was gone 

I said, "Well come on baby 

Come on baby 

Come on baby" 

Honey, I don? t know what you just heard 

Bartender set? em up are my favorite words 

Because the love I need 

Is a long way from here 

Oh the love I need 

Is a long way from here 

Yes well, there I sat so all alone 

Like a king who sits upon his throne 

And whose kingdom may have just gone home 

With another kingdom 

So as you can imagine much to my surprise 

When the door was flung back open wide 

It was a miracle, she walked inside 

And pulled her chair up next to me 

And that? s when she knew 

She had made her 

First mistake 

Well honey, I don? t know what you just heard 

But come on baby are my favorite words 

And where we? re going 

Is a long way from here 

And where we? re going to 

Is a long way from here 

So like I said before, I could not have known 

How this fairy tale would finally go 

Still the only certain thing for sure 

Is what I do not know 

So like the years and all the seasons pass 

And like the sand runs through the hour glass 

I just keep on running faster, chasing the happily 

I am ever after 

I just keep on running faster 

Chasing the happily 

I am ever after