Good Thing

Intro Chords: () () Bridget was a sweetheart with greek letters around her neck on a chain () She wasn't really my type, she was beautiful, and I'm kinda vain () Her mind was closed like a liquor store on Sunday () She's tryin to make her ex boyfriend mad () It's kinda of a rebound, that's OK () She's married with a kid on the way () And I'm glad I didn't stand in the way () Of a good thing Shelby was a stripper and a damn good mechanic and a friend She used to pick me up in her 64 and take me places I'd never been She drank vodka on the rocks with a tall glass Chased with cocaine and her teenage girlfriends I couldn't faze her, that's OK But now she's living with a girl named Renee Last I heard she was teachin' in 'Frisco She's got a good thing Alice was a bartender at a place I used to play for a while Some of the girls didn't like her, she'd get 20 dollar tips with a smile And I used to talk to her, try to get in her head We'd just end up drunk in my bed I never knew her, that's OK She's in Vegas making 5 bills a day She said I wasn't too much fun when I was sober And now she's got a good thing So here's to the lady who's name it hurts me to say She's the proverbial one that got away She said life is all a young girl has And I can't find mine while living in yours I don't blame her, that's OK She's married with a kid and a kid on the way And I'm glad I didn't stand in the way Of a good thing