I'VE BEEN MARRIED (JUST AS LONG AS YOU HAVE)
(Dolly Parton / Porter Wagoner)

Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton - 1973


DOLLY:
Last night you went out again
With what you said was your best friend
You say you need some time away from me
The sun was high when you got in
But not as high as you had been
And I wonder how you would act
If I done just the way I pleased

I've been married just as long as you have
And I get tired of the same old things
Just the same as you have
Well let me tell you this, big boy

When you go out for a night of joy
You better start taking me along
Or you'll be singing a different song
For I've been married just as long as you have

PORTER:
While I'm working hard all day
you run around and spend my pay
You entertain your friends at my expence
But you cry and carry on
When I do something on my own
And you accuse with lack of evidence

I've been married just as long as you have
And I get tired of the same old things
Just the same as you have
So let me tell you this, sweetheart
I figure I've done my part
So don't get cute and get so smart
I'll tell you this before you start
I've been married just as long as you have

DOLLY:
And that's a pretty good while

PORTER:
Honey, you're the cat I've spent nine lives with

DOLLY:
I know you have, you ain't spent no time at home
You're running around all over town
You're here and there everywhere

PORTER
And if I could stand you long enough
I might stay at home a little more

DOLLY:
You move so fast a umbrella'd be in your way, honey
If it was raining

PORTER:
Oh boy, now ain't that cute
If your heart was as big as your mouth
You'd give everything we owned away

DOLLY:
But I love you, you little devil
So don't you ever take off and leave me now here by myself
I'll hit you right in the

PORTER:
I wouldn't, I wouldn't trust you with yourself

DOLLY:
I'll hit you right in the mouth, honey, and it'll go

PORTER:
You will, golly!

DOLLY:
Ah, but then you'll look like you've had the mumps
When I get done kissing you

PORTER:
Why don't you do it now, I ain't had the mumps

DOLLY:
I'm a-gonna do it, here it goes, golly
I'll get you in line, that's true

PORTER:
Ho-hoo, woman you're killing me, but I love every minute of it