My transcription from a recording found at WFMU. (Click for an MP3.)


WE DIDN'T MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT
As sung by Homer & Jethro

I remember my honeymoon.
I was scared my weddin' night.
I bought a marriage manual
To help me make it through the night.

That night I went to our hotel,
My faithful book right by my side.
Then I noticed somethin' wrong.
I forgot to bring my bride.

Hear'd her knockin' on my door,
I got up an' let 'er in,
There she was, my blushin' bride,
Those eyes, those lips, those chins!

I took a look into my book
And my heart begin to bleed.
There weren't no pictures anywher',
And I didn't know how to read.

I didn't know just what to do.
I was nervous and uptight.
So I put my pants to bed,
And I hung over a chair all night.

When I woke up with the dawn,
My poor body stiff an' sore,
An' the first thing that I did
Was throw that dang book out the door.

I went an' laid down by her side,
An' ever'thing turned out OK.
We didn't make it through the night.
We'll try to make it through the day.