Story Behind The Song

When I moved to Seattle after an 18-year marriage fell apart, I realized after a while that I wasn't going to meet anyone without some proactive moves on my part. I'm not the PTA type, don't hang out in bars, don't go to church. So I discovered the personals, and placed an ad. This song is about that experience.

Song Description

This song not only describes what the woman is looking for in a man, but it also breaks pretty straight about who she is as well.

Lyrics

I put myself in the classified ads
brown hair, five foot four, one thirteen
I love to go dancing, I don't go for fads
I wear my pearls with my jeans

and I'm looking for love in the classified ads
hoping to find someone who
won't be afraid of my outfits, or stiff with my kids
someone who'll love me as is

old flannel nightgown and fuzzy warm socks
and a hunger that feeds as it drinks
a tough-hided woman who shields, so she shocks
she cuts, she laughs, she thinks

I'm looking for someone who's streetwise and warm
someone who's in touch with his dog
a man who pays taxes but doesn't conform
whose mind has come out of the fog

yes, I'm looking for love from these guys who call back
they're looking for something from me
we talk about things we've got
talk about things we lack
things we would love, for once, to see

and maybe I'll find you, yeah, maybe I will
maybe you'll answer my call
but you'll probably come home from my past
or my back yard
or you're someone I've known for years after all

I put myself in the classified ads
brown hair, five foot four, one thirteen
I love to go dancing, oh please, take me dancing
I wear my pearls with my jeans.