Lyrics

Sometimes the Bad Guy Gets the Girl © 2024 J Bickerstaff

V1
The cowboy wore a white hat … and pearl handled guns
His palomino pony shined like gold in the setting sun
He slept out on the prairie with his cows and a billion stars
And dreamed about Angelina slinging whiskey in a whorehouse bar

V2
Angelina opened her doors six days with the setting sun
And she knew how to make every man believe he’s the only one
She never really cared who owned those boots beside her bed
But there was something about an outlaw boy that always turned her head

CH
In a perfect world she could have been his girl
But that ain’t how this story ends, this ain’t no perfect world
Sometimes the going gets too tough
And the nick of time ain’t quick enough
Yeah, sometimes the bad guy gets the girl

V3
Angelina grew up hard, her daddy was a drinking man
She watched a posse hang him dead for stealing horses off the judge’s land
Her mama was left to make a living the only way she knew how
So the men that Angelina met weren’t the kind that slept with cows

V4
The cowboy rode into town every Sunday afternoon
For a standing date with Angelina, queen of the town saloon
He believed she really liked him, and he dreamed of a little more
But she thought of him like Jesus bringing kindness to her door

CH
In a perfect world she would have been his girl
But that ain’t how this story ends, this ain’t no perfect world
Sometimes the going gets too tough
And the nick of time ain’t quick enough
Yeah, sometimes the bad guy gets the girl

V5
The drifter came up from Mexico where he’d been on the run
He made his way every day by the fist or by the gun
He took a shine to Angelina, and she could not look away
Cause people want what people want, common sense don’t have a say

V6
The Cowboy showed up Sunday, Angelina on his mind
But the drifter was already in her arms with no desire to share her time
And he never saw it coming, chest high through the wooden door
There’s just no way to compromise with a slug from a 44

CH
In a perfect world she would have been his girl
But that ain’t how this story ends, this ain’t no perfect world
Sometimes the going gets too tough
And the nick of time ain’t quick enough
Yeah, sometimes the bad guy gets the girl

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Sometimes the going gets too tough
And the nick of time ain’t quick enough
Yeah, sometimes the bad guy gets the girl