i was learning how to love and love and learn. i fell for a girl one county north of the town where i was born. she was the most athletic senior in the school where her mama taught. popular and well-respected
everything that i was not. but i took a chance and stole a kiss in her daddy's living room
then drove home lonely in the dark
trembling heart and hands unglued
setting myself up for heartbreak. what could she see in me?
strung out with no plans for the future. white trash
filthy as could be. she was too good for me. she was too good for me. when she went off to college
i followed her out west. she hit the books and i hit the bar rooms
my head in the clouds with all the rest. oh
she was too good. we got married early summer at an old plantation home
both got jobs and starting paying a mortgage and student loans. a dog and cat like our two children
we don't sit and watch tv. til the glass of whiskey i was drinking turned into two or three. we both knew something was missing 'bout the time that our first young one came. we trimmed a room with our alma mater
picked out a good boy's name. i watched in awe there as she labored
never felt so close to her. hand in hand through every hour
it was all so beautiful. i cried honey
you're too good for me. still too good for me. now i hear them gigglin' down the hallway. man
i wish i had the time to play. but i've got a lot of work to do here. yeah
we've got another one on the way. oh
it's all too good. too good for me. i ain't seen god but i know he's out there
cause that woman still sleeps to the left of me. i've got more than any man could ask for. lord
you've been too good
you've been too good for me. oh
you've been too good. you've been too good for me.