Semi-True Story

With his head out the sunroof

And his heart in the right place

Plan B was foolproof

He drove off to her place

Yelled out his feelings

Among other stuff

It was too much tequila

Or not quite enough

Too much tequila

Or not quite enough

It's a semi-true story

Believe it or not

I made up a few things

And there's some I forgot

But the life and the telling

Are both real to me

And they all run together

And turn out to be

A semi-true story

Well, the picture is fuzzy

And the details are sordid

It was on the same day

God's Own Drunk was recorded

A walking tall sheriff

And a big Cadillac

And me in my golf shoes

On the hood making tracks

This daring young singer

Was under attack

It's a semi-true story

Believe it or not

I made up a few things

And there's some I forgot

But the life and the telling

Are both real to me

And they all run together

And turn out to be

A semi-true story

Well, the things that I've lived

And I've dreamed and I've seen

And I've heard

You'll take the good with the bad

And be glad to have every word

It's a semi-true story

Believe it or not

I made up a few things

And there's some I forgot

But the life and the telling

Are both real to me

And they run like the rain

All the way to the sea

Semi-true story