From the Album: Stompin' Ground (SBS Records)
Samsonite Michelle Malone (STRANGE BIRD SONGS/ASCAP)
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Your suitcase is sitting on my porch
Waiting there for you since 1994
Every since you moved in with me and my mama and daddy
You made me such a happy girl
When you told me that you loved me on the tilt a whirl
But every since our wedding day you been threatening to leave me
IÂ’m working at the diner to pay all of the bills
I try to keep you in cologne and all your vitamin pills
But nothingÂ’s ever good enough
Say goodbye, Samsonite You keep telling me youÂ’re fed up, but then you want to make up
Samsonite, DonÂ’t make me cry anymore
IÂ’m getting kinda rusted, cause my heart has gotten busted
And I know that you got leaving on your mind all the time
Mama said that I should try to be
A little more patient , honey, wait and see
Daddy said that I shouldnÂ’t let you treat me like an open swinging door screen
Honey, I love you like I did back then
But it hurts me so, and I canÂ’t pretend it donÂ’t
Matter to me anymore so I guess we better hire an attorney
I bought you a ticket on the next gray hound
Headed down to Opelika, and IÂ’m city bound
Cause you were never good enough
Say goodbye, Samsonite
You keep on telling me youÂ’re leaving, babe, you best believe it
Samsonite, DonÂ’t make me cry anymore
IÂ’m feeling kinda relieved, cause I know youÂ’re gonna leave me alone
Now that I got leaving on my mind all the time, all the time
Well, go ahead and pack it up!