Good Intentions - Lyle Lovett

It's a sunny day in California

But that old sun it's shining on me right here at home

It's one of those days

When those great ideas they just seem to fall out on you

And they always fall the greatest when you're falling all alone

It makes for a good day for some serious reflection

And massive rationalization

For contemplating the future of the future

And the last of the past

And wondering if you could ever forgive me darling

All the trouble that I put to you

And if I could forget all those questions

That I never asked

And if I could forgive

The temporary weight gain due to excess water retention

I could forgive the rest too

It's just a fact of life

That no one cares to mention

She wasn't good

But she had good intentions

So the grass it grows
When the sun it shines
And my face it glows
When the woman's mine
And you say I'm a fool-around
Honey that may be true
But I'd sooner fool around
Than be a fool for a fool
And if I could forgive
The unadulterated adulterating apprehension
I could forgive the rest too
It's just a fact of life
That no one cares to mention
She wasn't good
But she had good intentions

So I'm twenty-six and rising
Still too young to live
But too low to go
I guess it's the process
Of learning to excess
All of those things
That you already know
And if I could forgive
The honey-I-swear-it-didn't-mean-a-thing-to-me
Attempt at abstention
I could forgive the rest too
It's just a fact of life
That no ones cares to mention
She wasn't good
But she had good intentions

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