104 Songs #11 – “I Would Still Choose You” (ORIGINAL #3)
Original #3! (LYRICS BELOW) …this is sort of a backhanded compliment kind of thing … I would still choose you (if I didn’t know all the things that I now know about you!). Of course, this is a joke … only about 1 in 8 of these things are about Mary 
This one is just a sketch and it needs some editing and something else, but I am kind of amused by Mary busting in on me at the beginning … so I’m going with this take for my song #11 …
LYRICS “I Would Still Choose You”
If all I knew
About you
Was what I knew
When I met you
I am sure
Yes I am sure
I would still
I would still choose you
Oh … when I met you …
I didn’t know about your chronic runny nose
And when I met you I had no clue
about your unsightly crooked toes
And when I met you
I’d never read your reams of embarrassing prose
Oh … when I met you …
I didn’t know about the wounds you were lickin’
And when I met you
I had no clue about the scabs you were pickin’
When I met you I knew not of
your irrational fear of chicken!
If all I knew
About you
Was what I knew
When I met you
I am sure
Yes I am sure
I would still
I would still choose you
Oh … when I met you …
I had no idea about your gambling debts
And I’d never ever ever
smelled your smelliest of smelly pets
And when I met you
I’d never ever seen a fit of your mild Tourettes
When I met you I didn’t know
about your various addictions
And also I did not know
about your federal convictions
And when I met you I had no clue
of your challenging dietary restrictions
If all I knew
About you
Was what I knew
When I met you
I am sure
Yes I am sure
I would still …
I would still choose you
When I met you I didn’t know about
all the stuff you’ve stolen
And I was not aware of how often
many of your parts are swollen
And I didn’t fully comprehend the extent
of your overactive colon
When I met you I didn’t know about
your constant malaise
And I didn’t know about your
radical right-wing ways
And when I met you I didn’t know about
obsessive Enya phases
If all I knew
About you
Was what I knew
When I met you
I am sure
Yes I am sure
I would still …
I would still choose you
Rob you played this song at group and i wanted to hear it again. nice job – very good. i also like that mary comes in. a keeper. i like the humor – keep it coming brother. jrh