THE PRETTY BLUE DRESS (Larry Stephenson Band)
Writer: Dixie Hall (BMI)
Co-writer: Tom T. Hall (BMI)

INTRO: NOW THAT IT'S ALL OVER I HAVE TO CONFESS
I WISH I HAD BOUGHT HER THAT PRETTY BLUE DRESS

VERSE 1: SHE NEVER COULD PASS UP THAT BIG STORE IN TOWN
THE WINDOWS WERE FULL OF THE NEW SHOES AND GOWNS
HIGH DOLLAR FASHION FROM BIG CITY WAYS
AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT A YOUNG WOMAN CRAVES

CHORUS: I MADE SOME GOOD MONEY FROM WORKING THE MINES
BUT I WOULDN'T SPEND IT ON DRESSES SO FINE

VERSE 2: THE DAY WE WERE MARRIED SHE PROMISED TO ME
THAT SHE WOULD LEARN MONEY DID NOT GROW ON TREES
BUT WHEN PAYDAY CAME SHE'D BE HANGING AROUND
TO STARE AT A DRESS IN A WINDOW DOWNTOWN

CHORUS: PRETTY BLUE LINEN SO PERFECTLY PRESSED
SHE COULDN'T GET OVER THAT PRETTY BLUE DRESS

VERSE 3: I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO HER AS I SAID NO
IN SUCH A FINE DRESS SHE HAD NO PLACE TO GO
WHEN I WOKE ONE MORNING SHE STOOD IN THE DOOR
DOLLED UP IN THE DRESS SHE HAD BEEN LONGING FOR

CHORUS: SHE SHED A FEW TEARS BUT I WASN'T IMPRESSED
AS SHE WALKED AWAY IN THAT PRETTY BLUE DRESS

VERSE 4: THE DRESS WAS HER TICKET TO GET UP AND GO
JUST WHAT SHE WAS THINKING I NEVER WILL KNOW
WHAT SHE WAS DOING IS ANYONE'S GUESS
OUT ON THE TOWN IN THAT PRETTY BLUE DRESS

CHORUS: PRETTY BLUE LINEN SO PERFECTLY PRESSED
SHE COULDN'T GET OVER THAT PRETTY BLUE DRESS

VERSE 5: IF YOUR WOMAN WANTS TO GO SHOPPING ALONE
REMEMBER THIS STORY AND KEEP HER AT HOME
BUT NOW THAT IT'S OVER I HAVE TO CONFESS
I DON'T KNOW WHO BOUGHT HER THAT PRETTY BLUE DRESS