REFLEX REACTION
(Leon Payne)


Leon Payne - 1961
Rex Allen - 1963
Red Sovine - 1967
Glenn Barber - 1968



If you'll just keep busy, you won't wonder if he
Is kissin' and holdin' her tight
Just don't start thinkin' or you might start drinkin'
Then what would you do with tonight

Eternity stretchin' in every direction
The minutes just start, they don't end
You pick a book up, that's when you get shook up
For reflex reaction sets in

You pick up her picture and feel such a mixture
Of hatred and love in your heart
If you were together, you don't know whether
You'd kiss her or tear her apart

You daydream that maybe you're sweet brown-eyed baby
Will tell you how wrong she has been
Then just for a fraction you feel satisfaction
Then reflex reaction sets in

You think you will go out and have you a blow-out
The evenin' is cool, clear and crisp
But the blondes are too frousy, the brunettes too blousy
The redheads just giggle and lisp

You pick one at random and oh, how you hand 'em
The line that was once sure to win
Then he walks through the door with the girl you don't score with
And reflex reaction sets in



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2019)