Janice At The Hotel Bar

She believes in face cream at the Walgreens, and ruby red lips

She'd take a vodka over dessert

Sugar goes straight to your hips

She don't smoke cigarettes 'cause it ain't lady-like

But she'll cuss like a sailor

She ain't afraid to fight

She mows her own lawn

And talks on her landline

She's got a granddaughter still single, can't say she's surprised

Eats sardines by the can

And berries from a vine

Be careful with the truth, girl

But don't you ever lie

And stay off the pills

But get on the pill if you ain't ready to start a family

And pay all your bills

But give some away, all that money won't make you happy

Make good love, good company

Drink good wine, make good coffee

Keep your chin up, but every once in awhile

Have a good cry

Go on and make a good livin', girl, don't forget

To make a good life

She says all men are babies and that's just how they roll

They'll drive you crazy like a run in your hose

One day you might want one

Make sure he's your best friend

'Cause if he can make you laugh, you might just make it till the end

Stay off the pills

But get on the pill if you ain't ready to start a family

And pay all your bills

But give some away, all that money won't make you happy

Make good love, good company

Drink good wine, raise good babies

Keep your chin up, ain't nothin' wrong with makin' a good wife

But go on and make a good livin' girl, don't forget

To make a good life

And we were talkin' like old friends

Down at that hotel bar

She said, "A glass of red every day is damn good for the heart"

She said, "I'm not trying to preach, but it's just my own two cents

That the prize is looking back, and knowing it was all time well-spent"

Paris in the spring, in 1973

She said, "If there is a Heaven, well that's right where I'll be"

We said our goodbyes

She gave me a wink and grabbed her coat to leave

I won't ever forget everything Janice said to me

Make good love, good company

Drink good wine, make good coffee

Make a life so good that you ain't gotta live it twice

Go on and make a good livin' girl, don't forget

To make a good life

Go on and make a good life