Designated Lover
© Gary Orphey
(V1)
I'm not lookin’ for a designated driver
I don’t drink the hard stuff anymore
I'm not lookin’ for anyone to help me up
From off of the bar room floor
There’s a whole lot more to life
I think I’ve discovered the cure
If you’ll just listen for a minute
I’m thinkin' you’ll agree for sure
(V2)
Find yourself a real good woman
Who will love you night and day
Who will overlook your serious faults
And still love you anyway
I’m not saying I didn’t love my whiskey
I took my bottle to bed every night
Now I curl up with my designated lover
Who makes everything alright
(Pre-Chorus)
Son-of-a- gun you gotta get you one
I’m telling you it’s true
There’s nothing like a designated lover
To love the maverick out of you
(Chorus)
A designated lover beats a
Brown bottle every time
She can hug you in the morning,
Make you feel good without warning,
Put the zing back in your heart strings,
Make you feel like you’re a real king
And lay her body next to yours every night
(Instrumental Bridge / Middle Eight)
(V3)
So a word or two to those of you
Who need to cough up your keys
When you’ve been on the town drinkin’
And whiskey’s brought you to your knees.
You gotta look around a little bit more
Because a bottle of booze ain’t love
Find yourself a designated lover
Who can help you rise above
(Chorus)
A designated lover beats a
Brown bottle every time
She can hug you in the morning,
Make you feel good without warning,
Put the zing back in your heart strings,
Make you feel like you’re a real king,
And lay her body next to yours every night.