Jerry Jeff Walker, Steady Freddie Krc, Cosmic Bob LivingstonLately I'm feeling lousy all the timeI picked up my pants sat down tried to figure out whyI had it whittled down to a page or twoAnd the paper trail led me straight to youI see life's too short to put up with the things you doSpell you cast been messing with my sanityCall me now baby while you stickin' them pins in meBut I figure if I'm finally over youCause I see right through that little 'doo you doWhen life's too short to be involved with a witch like youLife's too short to get in a rutLife's too short to get a bad haircutLife's too short to be this longLife's too short to admit that you're wrongLife's too short to wear tight shoesLife's too short to be blueLife's too short to be involved with a girl like youWhen I walk out I'll be free as a man can beAs funky as a monkey swinging high in the jungle treeAnd if that lion asks for you or the monkey asks or the elephant tooI'll send you back home there caged up in your zooLife's too short for cheap guitarsLife's too short to smoke cheap cigarsGet your kicks from dead beat chicksFor chewing gum down at the end of the barLife's too short for steamship cruiseLife's too short to be blueLife's too short to be involved with someone like youYeah, life's too short to brush and flossLife's too short to sleep with the bossSix way lights or disco barsOr trying to pick up chicks in a compact carLife's too short for a bad tattooLife's too short to be blueLife's too short to be involved with a girl like youYeah, life's too short to be involved with someone like youYeah, life's too short to be involved with someone like you
