Jerry Jeff Walker, Steady Freddie Krc, Cosmic Bob Livingston



Lately I'm feeling lousy all the time

I picked up my pants sat down tried to figure out why

I had it whittled down to a page or two

And the paper trail led me straight to you

I see life's too short to put up with the things you do



Spell you cast been messing with my sanity

Call me now baby while you stickin' them pins in me

But I figure if I'm finally over you

Cause I see right through that little 'doo you do

When life's too short to be involved with a witch like you



Life's too short to get in a rut

Life's too short to get a bad haircut

Life's too short to be this long

Life's too short to admit that you're wrong

Life's too short to wear tight shoes

Life's too short to be blue

Life's too short to be involved with a girl like you



When I walk out I'll be free as a man can be

As funky as a monkey swinging high in the jungle tree

And if that lion asks for you or the monkey asks or the elephant too

I'll send you back home there caged up in your zoo



Life's too short for cheap guitars

Life's too short to smoke cheap cigars

Get your kicks from dead beat chicks

For chewing gum down at the end of the bar

Life's too short for steamship cruise

Life's too short to be blue

Life's too short to be involved with someone like you



Yeah, life's too short to brush and floss

Life's too short to sleep with the boss

Six way lights or disco bars

Or trying to pick up chicks in a compact car

Life's too short for a bad tattoo

Life's too short to be blue

Life's too short to be involved with a girl like you

Yeah, life's too short to be involved with someone like you

Yeah, life's too short to be involved with someone like you