SOMETHING TO BRAG ABOUT
(Bobby Braddock)


Tammy Wynette & George Jones - 1971
Melba Montgomery & Charlie Louvin - 1971
Barbara Mandrell & David Houston - 1972
Mary Kay Place & Willie Nelson - 1977
Brennen Leigh & Jesse Dayton - 2007


WILLIE NELSON:
I got a real important job in a large office buildin'
Ridin' people in an elevator
I drive a '57 Chevrolet with a busted tail light
Burnt out valves and a leaky radiator
And I wear a twenty dollar suit that I bought from JC Penny's
Back in nineteen-sixty-two
But I've got somethin' to brag about
Somethin' to brag about
Somethin' to brag about in you

MARY KAY PLACE:
And I'm a short order cook in an all night cafe
Down on 18th Avenue and 12th Street
I wear a swingin' mini dress that I made for myself
From mama's kitchen curtains and old bed sheets
I got seventeen pages of top value stamps
One old pair of shoes
But I got somethin' to brag about
Somethin' to brag about
Somethin' to brag about in you

MARY:
Well, when you're with the fellas I know you start to braggin'
'Bout my hour glass figure and my big brown eyes
WILLIE:
And you tell your girlfriends 'bout my sweet, sweet lovin'
And that's one figure that money can't buy

BOTH:
So let's get married in the not too distant future
We'll rent a little flat on 29th Street
You know we'll hang our washin' from a clothesline on the window
We'll feast on cornbread butter beans and lunchmeat
We don't have a thermostat, a big long Cadillac
But we'll have a love that's true
WILLIE: And I'll have somethin' to brag about
MARY: Yeah, and I'll have somethin' to brag about
BOTH:Somethin' to brag about in you



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2020)