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HOW I IMPROVED BENSON'S SONG
KEEP IT SIMPLE AND ON TOPIC

You got to dance with who brung you, swing with who swung you

Don't be a fickle fool
If you came here with a gal, who's always been your pal

Don't leave her for some boozy floozy now (THAT AIN'T COOL)
You got to dance with who brung you, swing with who swung you
That's how the song of love is sung
be in it for the long run, in the long run you'll have more fun
if you dance with the one you brung

INSTEAD OF THE TOO WORDY BAD PROSODY:
You got to dance with who brung you, swing with who swung you,
Life ain't no forty-yard dash
Be in it for the long run, in the long run you'll have more fun
if you dance with who brung you to the bash

NOW FOR A SIMPLE BRIDGE. IT'S ALL YOU NEED.

You got to be real careful what you do
Or that special one is gonna run from you
Be sure that what you want is really something you can really use
Or you just  might wind up singing the blues

Instead of the off-topic clunky:

I had a friend from Texas, he really had some style, he sang that good
old Western Swing and drove 'em wild
Then a talent scout from Vegas said "Boy, play and sing this way"
And in one short year he was broke and in L.A.
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Verse 1
I had a friend from Texas, he really had some style, he sang that good
old Western Swing and drove 'em wild
Then a talent scout from Vegas said "Boy, play and sing this way"
And in one short year he was broke and in L.A.
(Chorus)
Instrumental Break (same as the and Chorus) then
verse 2
You gotta be real careful what you wish for, 'cause you just might get
the whole darn thing, Be sure what you want is something you can use-
Or you might wind up half dead, just singing the Blues
Chorus (and end with)
If you dance with who brung you to the bash---
Dance with who brung you to the bash
I had a friend from Texas, he really had some style, he sang that good
old Western Swing and drove 'em wild
Then a talent scout from Vegas said "Boy, play and sing this way"
And in one short year he was broke and in L.A.
(Chorus)
Instrumental Break (same as the and Chorus) then
verse 2
You gotta be real careful what you wish for, 'cause you just might get
the whole darn thing, Be sure what you want is something you can use-
Or you might wind up half dead, just singing the Blues
Chorus (and end with)



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PLAYLIST AUG 7, 2024

1. Miles and Miles of Texas

2. Route 66

3. Bob Wills is Still the King

4. San Antonio Rose

5. Faded Love

6. Milk Cow Blues

7. It tgakes a woman with green eyes vain woman

8. All My X's live in Texas

9. When you Wish upon a Star

10. may mio vbayou ???

11. Having Fun on the Bayou

12. Chicken Bles

13. Love Sick Blues

14. Red River Valley

15. Angel Flying too Close to the Ground (Willie Nelson)

16. On the Road Again

17. You Met another and pfft You was Gone

18. Take Me Back to Tulsa

19. Hot Rod Lincoln

20. ENCORE: Big Balls in Cowtown

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CAMBRIA HOTEL
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QUAIL UNDER THE TREES


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