Song Description
A brief portrait of my (imaginary) friend Sally McNally -- a composite of many women friends.
| Song Length |
4:36 |
Genre |
Folk - Country, Folk - General |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Pleasant |
Subject |
Friend |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
Sally McNally © 2012 Ken Kahn
My good friend Miss Sally McNally likes to go real fast, likes to hear the engine roar.
Ain't no particular demons chasing her, just likes to push the pedal to the floor.
And the wind goes whipping her bright red hair all over the place but her freckles stay on board.
Just an old jeep with the shocks and struts all shot, but she'll say that's all she can afford.
Hey my old friend is the queen of lucid dreams and painted toes.
You can find her in the very first car of the roller coaster every time she goes.
If life's for living and loving is free, she gets more for her money than anyone I know.
Folks who think they're owed a living , there's no mistaking her for one of those.
Yeah, my good friend Miss Sally McNally likes to stay out late, and rise at the crack of dawn.
Doesn't like to miss the sunrise, just because she was at the party and stayed too long.
Don't try to tell her the candle's short, she'll laugh and say I'll sleep when I'm dead and gone.
Hey life is beauty and beauty's truth, and the strong keep going while they still are strong.
Well, my old friend has a personal sense of style beyond compare -
In a pretty sun dress and her hiking boots and her ex's necktie holding back her hair,
And the cute little house that he left her, along with the flower garden, flamingos here and there.
Well, he had that itch and scratched but when he tried to patch it up, didn't have a prayer.
"Cause my good friend Miss Sally McNally has a heart of gold and a temper like TNT.
Do her wrong and she'll scatter the pieces of your soul from Texas up to Tennessee.
But treat her right, you got a friend for life, you got a friend who'll carry you from A to Z.
Yes, my good friend Miss Sally McNally says she has my back and that's enough for me.
Hey my old friend you're the queen of restless dreams and painted toes.
You can find her in the very first car of the roller coaster every time she goes.
If life's for living and loving is free, she gets more for her money than anyone I know.
She looks at the world with a crazy grin and sings out, "Mama, buy me one of those."