From the recording It's a Very Good Life
Lyrics
Vera and Mary Lynn
by Dianne Bochsler and Tara Caldwell
Mary Lynn runs across the yard with a suitcase and guitar
Vera pulls up with the windows down says girl just get in the car
Five hundred miles on 71, seven hours if they speed
They roll right into that music town called Nashville Tennessee
It’s a good life, it’s a very good life
Watch your dreams begin
It’s a good good life, it’s a very good life
For Vera and Mary Lynn
They start workin’ tables at a little café where the owner lets ‘em play
A handful of tips and a round of applause is all they ever get for pay
How to get a break in a place like that is great big mystery
Dolly walks in and hears them sing and the rest is history
CHORUS
They got big hits on the radio and a special on NBC
They’re a long, long way from the backseat days singing Patsy and Peggy Lee
It takes a lotta luck, there’s an awful lotta rules, it’s a crazy crazy game to win
But nobody plays it better than Vera and Mary Lynn
CHORUS variation It’s a good life, it’s a very good life
X2 With dreams that never end
It’s a good good life, it’s a very good life
For Vera and Mary Lynn