Between Lust and Watching TV Song Lyrics and Chords
Between Lust and Watching TV Song Lyrics and Chords by Cal Smith
Recorded by Cal Smith
Written by Bill Anderson
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The life that I'm seeking
Is not in this bar where I'm
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sitting
But it sure ain't at home
Where the one that I'm married to is
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knitting
Happiness may not be here drinking beer
Feeling it go to my
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head
But it ain't back at home where she's
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putting in curlers
And
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rollers and dressing for
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bed
What I'm looking for ain't
The blonde in the corner who's
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winking
But it sure ain't my wife
Who's devoted her life to dumb
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thinking
Happiness surely still lives in this world
And somewhere it's waiting for
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me
And I know that it must be some
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where
Between lust and
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sitting home watching
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TV
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Somewhere between Playboy magazine
And
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next Tuesday night's PTA
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Somewhere between a honky tonk queen
And
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what all the dog did
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today
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If a wife and a lover could be one and the same
What a
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beautiful world this would
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be
And
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there would be us some
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where between lust
And
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sitting home watching
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TV
My wife's a good cook
But a man can't exist just on
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bread
But what I'm hungry for
Is the one thing that I ain't being
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fed
I haven't been shopping but there's lots of bargains
Walking through town tempting
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me
And a body could rust on a
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diet of lust
And
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sitting home watching
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TV
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Somewhere between Playboy magazine
And
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next Tuesday night's PTA
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Somewhere between a honky tonk queen
And
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what all the dog did
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today
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If a wife and a lover could be one and the same
What a
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beautiful world this would
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be
And
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there would be us some
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where between lust
And
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sitting home watching
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TV
FAQ
Who sang the the song Between Lust and Watching TV?
- The song Between Lust and Watching TV was sang by Cal Smith.
Who is Cal Smith?
- Calvin Grant Shofner (April 7, 1932 - October 10, 2013), known professionally as Cal Smith, was an American country musician, most famous for his 1974 hits "Country Bumpkin" and "It's Time to Pay the Fiddler".
