Keeper

Well, Lu lives by the river And she got herself a good, good man Spend half the year off shore in lower Alabam' Her friends said she should leave him and Come join them in the west coast sand But she knows she's got a keeper and They'll never really understand, understand She put a line in the water when the sun come up Starts drinkin' when it's goin' down Dancin' all alone to the radio 'til her man come back around She might go down to Pensacola Maybe lay out on the ol' gulf shore But she don't go to bars at home without him anymore She don't care about what they say, she don't listen anyway All the roughneck rounders playin' cards around the TV set Waitin' around for something hasn't happened yet Jokin' with a dancer she said "I could help you to forget" But he knows he's got a keeper So he smiles and lights a cigarette And tips his hat He put his head on the pillow when the sun comes up Starts workin' when it's going down Meltin' hot steel down in Bienville just waitin' on a turnaround He starts thinkin' 'bout Pensacola He could be fishin' on the ol' Gulf Shore But he don't like to do those things without her anymore He don't care about what they say, man he don't listen anyway They put their lines in the water when the sun comes up Start drinkin' when it's going down Dancin' real slow to the radio 'cause her man come back around They might go down to Pensacola Do a little fishin' on the ol' Gulf Shore But they don't like to stay out all night the way they did before They don't care about what they say, she never listens anyway