Lemon Drop

My muffler's tied on with a guitar string

I owe seven thousand dollars to a bank machine

Before this car is ever really mine

And some fine day

I'll drive her downtown

Get a burger, fries

And a Royal Crown

Thankin' God that I'll never

Have to pay another dime

My life is like a lemon drop

I'm suckin' on the bitter

To get to the sweet part

I know there are better days ahead

I got dirty shirts and worn out jeans

I owe two dozen quarters

To a washin' machine

Before these clothes will ever really shine

But I got me a man

That just don't care

If his little darlin's got underwear

I know someday I'm gonna be his wife

My life is like a lemon drop

I'm suckin on the bitter

To get to the sweet part

I know there are better days ahead

I got thrift store curtains

In the windows of my home

I'm payin' for a house

That the landlord owns

Bought a TV on a credit card

It'll take me ten years to pay it off

But some fine day

I'll be drinkin' a beer

In a big backyard I own

Free and clear

All I know

There's better days ahead

Well, I'll play my hopes

And play my dreams

Just like two coins

In a slot machine

Sing "glory, Hallelujah"

If everything works out fine

My life is like a lemon drop

I'm suckin' on the bitter

To get to the sweet part

I know there are better days ahead

Lord, I know there are better days ahead

Thank God