WEAR 'N' TEAR
Lyrics by Mary Kincaid
Got me a twice broken nose
Most weeks I'm flat broke
Life is looking a whole lot like
the punchline of some joke
Got a tattoo arrow down my back
Got a record you can't spin
Not the kind of guy you'll go home
braggin' 'bout to your friends
Been round the block a couple of times
but I'm better for the wear 'n' tear
Like a faded pair of 501s
that got a hole
I don't care
Like a Chevy hitting two hundred k
that keeps on going anyway
Good ain't always shiny
Life ain't always fair
And guys like me are better
better for the wear 'n' tear
I used to drink my Jack D straight
Now I'm sipping sweet iced tea
Ditched the guy I always been
for the guy I wanna be
No more crashing parties
No more trouble with a capital T
So what do I gotta do to get a girl
like you to go home with me
Been round the block a couple of times
but I'm better for the wear 'n' tear
Like a faded pair of 501s
that got a hole
I don't care
Like a Chevy hitting two hundred k
that keeps on going anyway
Good ain't always shiny
Life ain't always fair
And guys like me are better
better for the wear 'n' tear
I'll build us a future if you forget about my past
You know this former bad boy's better
than some storybook romance
Been round the block a couple of times
but I'm better for the wear 'n' tear
Like a faded pair of 501s
that got a hole
I don't care
Like a Chevy hitting two hundred k
that keeps on going anyway
Good ain't always shiny
Life ain't always fair
And guys like me are better
better with some wear 'n' tear
Guys like me are better
better for the wear 'n' tear