In Spite of Ourselves

[Verse 1: John Prine]

She don't like her eggs all runny

She thinks crossin' her legs is funny

She looks down her nose at money

She gets it on like the Easter Bunny

She's my baby, I'm her honey

I'm never gonna let her go

[Verse 2: Iris Dement]

He ain't got laid in a month of Sundays

I caught him once and he was sniffin' my undies

He ain't too sharp, but he gets things done

Drinks his beer like it's oxygen

He's my baby and I'm his honey

I'm never gonna let him go

[Chorus: Both]

In spite of ourselves, we'll end up a-sittin' on a rainbow

Against all odds, honey, we're the big door prize

We're gonna spite our noses right off of our faces

There won't be nothin' but big old hearts dancin' in our eyes

[Verse 3: John Prine]

She thinks all my jokes are corny

Convict movies make her horny

She likes ketchup on her scrambled eggs

Swears like a sailor when she shaves her legs

She takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'

I'm never gonna let her go

[Verse 4: Iris Dement]

He's got more balls than a big brass monkey

He's a whacked-out weirdo and a lovebug junkie

Sly as a fox and crazy as a loon

Payday comes and he's howlin' at the moon

He's my baby, I don't mean maybe

Never gonna let him go

[Chorus: Both]

In spite of ourselves, we'll end up a-sittin' on a rainbow

Against all odds, honey, we're the big door prize

We're gonna spite our noses right off of our faces

There won't be nothin' but big old hearts dancin' in our eyes

In spite of ourselves, we'll end up a-sittin' on a rainbow

Against all odds, honey, we're the big door prize

We're gonna spite our noses right off of our faces

There won't be nothin' but big old hearts dancin' in our eyes

There won't be nothin' but big old hearts dancin' in our eyes

[Outro: John Prine]

In spite of ourselves