Lyrics I'll Show Me - Guy Clark

I'll Show Me

Ladies night at the Blue Gazelle
The local talent look alive and well
I’m all decked out with my slack britches on
If I don’t get lucky man there’s somethin' wrong
Caddo’s pool hall down the Rue de Nowhere
Eight shot loaded, yeah man, I've been there
Hey!
Watch this I said to the pool shark
I can make this shootin' man in the dark
100 bucks on an 8-ball call shot
Don’t scratch 'cause it’s all that I’ve got
I’ll show me, I’ll show me
Man seekin' unemployment
No gig too big to blow
Self-destruct for own enjoyment
Another knuckle-headed way to go
Blame a woman for the way I am
That’s much too easy, no thank you ma’am
How’d I ever get this far you might ask
I’m here to tell you it was no small task
Don’t need a map to show me where
I should be 'cause I don’t care
I’ll show me, I’ll show me
I kinda see myself as a young Richard Burton
Readin' Dylan Thomas to some Welsh coquette
Drinkin' whiskey in a Swansea tavern
Me and trouble are a sure fire bet
Well how about this then, I’m a suave bullfighter
Or maybe a war correspondent for the BBC
Why, I never felt my load feel lighter
Another Jameson’d set me free
I don’t want to have to feel or think
Bartender, pour one more drink
I’ll show me, I’ll show me
Simple pleasures that I’ve come to crave
Buried treasure in an unmarked grave
I’ll show me, I’ll show me
I’ll show me, I’ll show me