Second Time Around Songtext / Lyric

Second time around you know its

Really got me down

Sister don't you judge it

Keep it to yourself now

If ya ain't got nothing good to say

Don't say nothin' at all



Got bitten by the bitter bug and I

Just can't get enough

Ill will and my own conceding

Weary of the world it seems

I'm weary of the world

Weary of the world it seems



Sort of always come my way

I'm just a little bit off these days

Like the hard knocks all my life

Like I'm a bible belt wife

Like I didn't see it coming

Like I didn't walk in willingly






See I never want to sing again

La la la like a butterfly

Without my wits about me

Without my heart in line

Third times a charm

This is mine



[Harmonica feature]



You said you just heard Loretta sing

And you felt the loneliness seeping in

Cowboys made you uneasy

You're a God-fearing lesbian

So you learn not to yearn

And you take it on the chin again



Here's what I find about compromise

Don't do it if it hurts inside

Cause either way you're screwed

And eventually you'll find

That you may as well feel good

You may as well have some pride



[Interlude]



Come August we'll go to Cherokee and

Hear Loretta do her thing

Pack it into the Indian casino and

Make the hillbilly scene

Kick up our heels

And join in



Are you my ally or my enemy?

Do you have self-loathing or empathy?

Can you keep me in your prayers, sister?

Can you keep me in there somewhere?

And sister, if you ain't go nothin' good to say

Don't say nothin' at all