Near Mrs.

[Verse 1]
She was tan, she was classy
From southern Tallahassee
And her daddy had the Kennedy hair
She graduated Vandy
Old money and a hand-me-down
Country club sorority flair
Woulda been a good wife
Woulda been a good life
Couple kids and some khaki shorts
She started talkin' 'bout marriage
And I knew three carats
Wouldn't shine in my rusty old Ford

[Chorus]
Here's to all the near Mrs.
Give 'em all my best wishes
And close-call kisses that never came through
Thank God I didn't ever say "I do"
Here's to all the lost chances
Last-call romances
'Cause if those near Mrs. had ever come through
I would've missed out on you

[Verse 2]
She was sweet, she was mean
From New Orleans
She tried to put me in her voodoos pell
A wildfire ragin'
A French Quarter Cajun
And her brother did some time in jail
Now, LA was pretty
And New York was witty
And Chicago got too cold for me
I went all around the world
For a marrying girl
All the while, she was in Tennessee

[Chorus]
Here's to all the near Mrs.
Give 'em all my best wishes
And close-call kisses that never came through
Thank God I didn't ever say "I do"
Here's to all the lost chances
Last-call romances
'Cause if those near Mrs. had ever come through
I would've missed out on you (Yeah)

[Bridge]
Come on now
Hey

[Chorus]
Here's to all the near Mrs.
Give 'em all my best wishes
And close-call kisses that never came through
Thank God I didn't ever say "I do"
Here's to all the lost chances
Last-call romances
'Cause if those near Mrs. had ever come through
I would've missed out on you
Yeah, I probably would've ended up somethin' blue
And I would've missed out on you

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