Story Behind The Song

The hook got into my head and wouldn't leave!

Song Description

A comical description of events leading up to the end of a marraige and the beginning of a serious beer binge.

Lyrics

(LYRICS) PICTURES OF LIBBY COPYRIGHT PAUL H. WILBUR JR.

(CHORUS/INTRO)

PICTURES OF LIBBY, PICTURES OF LIBBY, STARING DOWN AT ME FROM A SHELF. I GET

ALONG MUCH BETTER WITH PICTURES OF LIBBY THAN I EVER DID WITH LIBBY HERSELF!

(1) WHEN I FIRST MET LIBBY SHE SAID SHE WOULD GIVE ME ALL THE LOVE THAT I'D

EVER NEED. SO I MADE HER MY WIFE, YES MY PARTNER IN LIFE. I THOUGHT MY LONELY

SOUL HAD BEEN FREED. BUT ALONG CAME A TINHORN THAT HAD HIM A LONGHORN

THAT HORN CAUGHT MY YOUNG LIBBY'S EYE. ON THE WAY OUT THE DOOR SHE SAID I

LOVE YOU NO MORE AND SHE HIT THE TRAIL WITH THAT OTHER GUY.

(2) WHEN WE WERE TOGETHER YOU KNOW THAT I'D LET HER DO ANYTHING SHE

WANTED TO DO. I'D SIT IN A CORNER JUST DOTING UPON HER, JUMPED WHENEVER SHE

WOULD SAY BOO. BUT SHE DIDN'T RESPECT IT THAT'S WHY SHE REJECTED MY LOVE FOR

THAT MAN WITH THE HORN. I GOT HER PICTURE RIGHT HERE AND A BOTTLE OF BEER

AND I'M JUST AS GLAD THAT SHE'S UP AND GONE. (CHORUS)

(3) I KNEW I HAD TROUBLE WHEN I'D START TO SEE DOUBLE AND MY LIBBY WOULD

EXPRESS HER DISMAY. WHEN I'D GET ME SOME CHEER WITH A COUPLE OF BEERS

AT THE END OF A HARD WORKING DAY. I'TS THEN SHE WOULD SCOLD ME AND REFUSE

TO HOLD ME. NOW SHE'S UP AND GONE WITH THAT GUY. I GOT HER PICTURE RIGHT

HERE AND A BOTTLE OF BEER AND I WROTE THIS SONG TO SPIT IN HER EYE. (CHORUS)

(4) WELL I'VE ALWAYS BEEN SPORTIN' AND NOW THAT THEY'RE COURTIN' I 'SPOSE I

SHOULD JUST WISH 'EM GOOD LUCK. WELL SHE'LL SOON BE HIS WIFE BUT IT CUTS LIKE

A KNIFE TO SEE HOW MUCH THEY'VE MADE ME A SCHMUCK. AS I SIT HERE DRINKIN' I

CAN'T HELP BUT THINKIN' AS MY LIBBY STARES AT ME FROM THE SHELF. THAT THERE

JUST AIN'T ANY WAY TO PLEASE A WOMAN TODAY SO YER BETTER OFF JUST PLEASIN YERSELF
(CHORUS TO END)