Shirley Lyrics

She had hair like grenadine

But now it's all gone grey

The bartender and the preacher

both know her name

Grew up in a double-wide

Half the town thinks shes lost her mind

Hides the smell of cigarettes

With a spritz of Chanel number five

Yeah she's never been described as proper or polite

But at least someone around here speaks their mind

She's so sweet

But people only taste the bitter

She's a heavy pour

In a town that can't handle liquor

She's wild but she's free

Got a fire just like me

I guess they don't see what I see

When I grow up I wanna be like Shirley

She's got a heart that's made of gold

And it's got them turning green

Took all the good things about her

and found a way to make them mean

Marked her door in scarlet

Has her own side of the supermarket

No one at the end of any aisle

But she's making the best of it

She's so sweet

But people only taste the bitter

She's a heavy pour

In a town that can't handle liquor

She's wild but she's free

Got a fire just like me

I guess they don't see what I see

When I grow up I wanna be like Shirley

She's rough around the edges,

got some crazy in her genes

Must've skipped a generation

Cause mama's worried

she passed them down to me

She's so sweet

But people only taste the bitter

She's a heavy pour

And I'll have another round with her

She's wild but she's free

Got a fire just like me

She's all that I could ever hope to be

When I grow up I wanna be like Shirley