Make Up And Faded Blue Jeans Lyrics - Merle Haggard

In downtown Modesto, I was workin' the Holiday Inn 

I would stick with a gig that would last us throughout the weekend 

I was singing a new song I'd wrote on the way into town 

When she came in the front door and found her a place to sit down 

Hey, I knew right away that she like the words to my song 

Cause she stared at my git guitar and followed my fingers too long 

And she had the likeness of a girl I'd seen in my dreams 

But lights can do wonders with make up and faded blue jeans 

And the last thing I needed was somebody messin' up my mind 

So I found a hundred reasons for lookin' her way one more time 

She could cause me to sing bad and fall out of love with guitar 

And blow all my chances and at bein' a big singing star 

With one passin' glance I could tell she was young for her age 

Yeah, she got to looking better as she got down closer to the stage 

And as she sipped on her wine I knew just the kind she would be 

And somehow I knew she was here to the bad things to me 

And the last thing I needed was somebody messin' up my mind 

So I found a hundred reasons for lookin' her way one more time 

She could cause me to sing bad and fall out of love with guitar 

And blow all my chances and at bein' a big singing star 

She could cause me to sing bad and fall out of love with guitar 

And blow all my chances and at bein' a big singing star