singer, songwriter, rock 'n' roller
Miss Theresa with her bucktooth smile
Her one-track mind and her eight-track style
Her big dream was to get real high
And sleep with the dudes from Humble Pie
A long time ago back in '75
The Beatles were broke up but still alive
She was foxy but she weren't no tease
She had sex appeal like a dog has fleas
Miss Theresa on a broken bed
wearin' nothing but a T-shirt saying Panama Red
She gave it away as the music played
Take me back to those innocent days
Barfly nights are a world of fun
But barfly years are twenty to one
A few more lines, a few pounds more
And she was hitting on the boys at the Safeway store
Well time will fly, time will slip away
"Ain't it funny how" to quote a phrase
She was working in a factory
She was a granny at thirty-three
Her laugh is gravel, her ways are rough
But she's still smilin' like she's got the stuff
To do it all over and pay the same price
Miss Theresa wouldn't think twice