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

And she don't smoke cigarettes 'cause it ain't lady-like

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 a while

Have a good cry

Well, go on and make a good living, 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 to 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 making a good wife

Well, go on and make a good living, 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

And 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 living, girl, don't forget

To make a good life

Go on and make a good life