You Prefer Jim
from Glare by Leo O'Kelly
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lyrics
You won me over, you left me here
Neighbourhood stray with his head on my knee
A beer in my hand, a tear in my eye
Do I look funny, are you satisfied?
Chorus
You say you prefer Jim, but Sue's the woman for him
She's happily married to Joe
That's just because she don't know
He's out chasing Gail
But that gal'l never slow down
It's true what they say
Love makes the world go round
Yesterday you wrote from Barcelona
You're still not happy now you're all alone
Ah, neither am I, so I decide not to die
Pick myself off the floor, and I try to phone ya
But that's not your voice I hear
He says: "some guy for you dear"
Hang up, I have another beer and try Ramona
Ramona's not there, oh well what do I care
I know the day love's a game, it just seems very unfair
Chorus
Yesterday you wrote, this time from Rome
You're still not happy, say you're coming home
No now is not a good time, you see the thing is I'm
In love all over again
This time it's going to be just fine
Neighbourhood stray with his head on my knee
A beer in my hand, a tear in my eye
Do I look funny, are you satisfied?
Chorus
You say you prefer Jim, but Sue's the woman for him
She's happily married to Joe
That's just because she don't know
He's out chasing Gail
But that gal'l never slow down
It's true what they say
Love makes the world go round
Yesterday you wrote from Barcelona
You're still not happy now you're all alone
Ah, neither am I, so I decide not to die
Pick myself off the floor, and I try to phone ya
But that's not your voice I hear
He says: "some guy for you dear"
Hang up, I have another beer and try Ramona
Ramona's not there, oh well what do I care
I know the day love's a game, it just seems very unfair
Chorus
Yesterday you wrote, this time from Rome
You're still not happy, say you're coming home
No now is not a good time, you see the thing is I'm
In love all over again
This time it's going to be just fine
credits
from Glare,
released February 2, 2001
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