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I was sittin' in Friday's suckin' on a glass of wine
 When in walked a chick who almost struck me blind
 She had wet blue eyes and her legs were long and fine
 On a scale of one to ten, I'd give her a nine
 Now on my scale there ain't no ten's, you know
 Nine is about as far as any chick can go
 So I flashed her a smile, but she didn't even look at me
 So for brains and good judgement, I'd give her a three
 I said, "Hey sweet thing, you look like a possible eight
 You and me could make eighteen, if your head's on straight
 Well she looked up and down my perfect frame
 And she said these words that burned in my perfect brain
 She said, "Well, another one of those macho-matician men
 The kind to grade all women on scales of one to ten
 And, you gave me an eight, well, that's a generous thing to do
 Now, let's just see, just how much I give you"
 She said, "You comin' on to me with that corny numbers jive
 And your style makes me smile, I give it a five
 When you walked up I noticed that suit you wore
 It's last year's double-knit frayed-cuffs, give that a four"
 "That must be your car parked out on the curb
 That sixty-nine homemade convertible, a three and a third
 Now, as for that build, I guess you're less than five
 Except, for your pot belly, I'd give that a ten for size"
 "Now that wine you're pourin' might be fine to you
 But I'm used to fine Champagne, I give it a two
 And it's hard to tell what your flashin' smile is worth
 I give it a six, you could use a little dental work"
 "But, it's your struttin' rooster act that really makes me laugh
 It may be a ten to these country hens, but to me just three and a half
 And there really ain't much to add once the subtractin's done
 And since there ain't no zeroes, I give you a one"
 Well she walked out, while up and down the line
 The whole bar was laughin', said, "Hey Bare, what happened to your nine?"
 Nine says, "Ah hell, soon as she started talkin' I knew
 Sure didn't have no class, I barely gave her a two"
 Yeah! No matter how good they look at first
 There's flaws in all of them
 That's why on a scale of ten to one, friend
 There ain't no tens

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Duration
05:05
Key
2
Tempo
129 BPM

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