PAID IN ADVANCE
(Hoyt Axton)


Hoyt Axton - 1976


You'll get the bill in the mornin' marked paid in advance
Paid in full by a friend
Yeah, you may be good lookin' and you don't need romance
But everyone needs a friend

I watched the dice as they rolled out of my right hand
Like a fool I thought I still had a chance
When a good lookin' mama from the south of Siam
Said "Honey, do you wanna dance"

I said yeah, you'll get the bill in the mornin' paid in advance
Paid in full by a friend
Yeah, you may be good lookin' and you don't need romance
But everyone needs a friend

Well I may be right, I may be wrong
But I can tell you if the song it is real
And I been singin' for so long
I can tell it by the way that it feels

It feels good, you'll get the bill in the mornin' paid in advance
Paid in full by a friend
Yeah, you may be good lookin' and you don't need romance
But everyone needs a friend, alright

(Instrumental Break)

It feels good, you'll get the bill in the mornin' paid in advance
Paid in full by a friend
Yeah, you may be good lookin' and you don't need romance
But everyone needs a friend
I said you may be good lookin' and you don't need romance
But everyone needs a friend
But everyone needs a friend



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2020)