Willie's version of the old story also told in Jay & The Americans' "Come A Little Bit Closer" and Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Gimme Three Steps"...



Jukebox
Willie P. Bennett 1993

We met across a barroom
Twenty years ago, by chance
She bummed a smoke; she called a round
She said she'd love to dance
Well, what can you do when your heart's in your mouth
But you've still got something to say?
You jerk your tie; you check your breath
Maybe look the other way

Trouble comes
Trouble goes
Trouble's never far away
So kick in the jukebox
Turn up the Love light
Honey, everything will be alright

Come on, baby and take a chance
What could be the harm in this one little dance?
My boyfriend's on the other side
Knocked out drunk with some friends of mine
I decided that she was right
What could be the harm in trippin' the moonlight?
All I could do was stand and deliver
`Cause Love was a gift and she was a giver

Trouble comes
Trouble goes
Trouble's never far away
So kick in the jukebox
Turn up the Love light
Honey, everything will be alright

Trouble comes, trouble goes
Troubles worry me
Now and then, trouble comes
And tries to set me free
What should happen then? Come around the corner
But her big drunk boyfriend and his big dumb owner
How was I to know the Circus was in town?
This was a fine young contortionist I had found

Trouble comes
Trouble goes
Trouble's never far away
So kick in the jukebox
Turn up the Love light
Honey, everything will be alright

Trouble comes, trouble goes
Troubles worry me
Now and then, the troubles come
And try to set me free
But I don't shake; I don't shiver
I don't move at all
I trust and thank the Lord above
For standin' here at all

Trouble comes
Trouble goes
Trouble's never far away
So kick in the jukebox
Turn up the Love light
Honey, everything will be alright
Kick in the jukebox
Turn up the Love light
Honey, everything will be alright