Ballad of he & she
	© J D Carroll
	Creative Ventures Music, Inc.  ASCAP

He was a mid-aged romeo
	  
	told he she was pretty
 
She said, "Oh, really? 
 	  
	How would you konw?"
  
He spoke of money
	  
	wrpped his arms around her
  
She slapped him in the face 
	  
	and told him where to go.

		And then she walked out the door
		                                           
		Never gonna go back    /    /          there      an-             y-              more
		                                           
		Never gonna let on         /    /          that          she            was         more
		                               
		Than he had ever   hoped she could  be,
		                                          
		Than he had ever   hoped she could    be.

She ran a two o'clock spot
 	 
	full of smoke and whiskey
 
She said, "It's risky,
	  
	but then it's a life."
 
He walked in the door
	 
	drank a shot of bourbon
 
kissed her on the lips
	 
	and dropped her on the floor.

	Chorus	

		And then he walked out the door
		                                            
		Never gonna go back      /    /          there         an-             y-              more

		Never gonna let on         /    /           that          he               was         more
		                               
		Than she had ever hoped he could    be.
		                                          
		Than she had ever hoped he could    be.

			Instrumental  = 1 verse & chorus

They met in the cafe
	 
	drinking cups of coffee
 
She told him off
 	
	and he took her by the arm.
 
He swept her off her feet
	 
	told her that he loved her
                    
She said, "Oh really, I knew all along."

		And then they walked out the door
		                                            
		Never gonna go back      /    /          there         an-             y-              more

		Never gonna let on         /    /           that            they           were         more
		                               
		Than we had ever hoped they could  be.
		                                          
		Than we had ever hoped they could  be.