It's not the love or honor,
it's that promise to obey
That makes me think by marrying
we might be doing wrong
And until death do you part,
just seems to choke me up to say
I was far better or far worse,
but not for long
Because the season soon
will start in Hialeah
Every year I like to see
the horses run
And if I lose it's just a short
trip to Miami
Where a beach bum
always finds him when it's fun
Well I was a -hopin' our relationship
could stay the way it's been
And I'd feel guilty if I tried to put you on
You seem to want more than
the understanding
We made a way back when
Far better or far worse,
but not for long
If it's any comfort when I leave
It won't be someone else
who turned my head
You make me leave you far behind
Your competition is the one to lust
And follow it somehow I must
You've kept my heart content
but not my mind
Well, you might see me on a newscast
from some valley
I hear the steam's fine bearing too wide
Or I might just top the rocks
on the next spaceship
Cause they tell me it's the only way to fly
So no matter what the
postmark reads
From Tahoe to Tangiers
I'm where it's happening
And that's where I belong
And I really mean to know
I'm having fun with sure here
Far better or far worse
But not for long
Well, my love, for better or for worse
but not for long.