Make-Up And Faded Blue Jeans - Merle Haggard

In downtown Modesto I was working the Holiday Inn

I would stick with a gig that would last us throughout the weekend

I was singing a new song I’d wrote on the way into town

When she came in the front door and found her a place to sit down

Hey I knew right away that she like the words to my song

Cause she stared at my git guitar and followed my fingers too long

And she had the likeness of a girl I’d seen in my dreams

But lights can do wonders with make up and faded blue jeans

And the last thing I needed was somebody messing up my mind

So I found a hundred reasons for looking her way one more time

She could cause me to sing bad and fall out of love with guitar

And blow all my chances at being a big singing star

With one passing glance I could tell she was young for her age

Yeah she got to looking better as she got down closer to the stage

And as she sipped on her wine I knew just the kind she would be

And somehow I knew she was here to the bad things to me

She could cause me to sing bad and fall out of love with guitar

And blow all my chances at being a big singing star