Bakersfield Girl

Honest Don is my name, travelin sales is my game
I’ve got customers I’ve got to see...
I take em to lunch, and they give me their orders,
'Cause there ain’t no lunches for free!

One night I stopped over in Bakersfield,
and went out to bowl me a game
And, in that bowling alley, is where I met Sally
Before I had thrown my first frame.

I read the name on her bowling league shirt, on stop of a 38D
She gave me a wink, so I sent her a drink, with a note reading "Come sit by me!"
She asked was I married, and I lied, "Hell no!" Ain’t it funny what distance can do?
Try as I would, and try as I could, you know, a horny man just can’t be true.

And we walked along the Kern River canal, under that Bakersfield moon
That’s where I first kissed Sally, of the San Joaquin Valley, and thought up the words to this tune.
Sally O’Malley, of the San Joaquin Valley, you put my heart in a whirl
I’ll call you every time I get in town, because you are my Bakersfield girl.

And Sally you’re driving me crazy, since you came into my life
'Cause I really can’t tell you I love you,  and I damned sure can’t tell my wife
But we walked along the Kern River canal, under that Bakersfield moon
That’s where I first kissed Sally, of the San Joaquin Valley,  and thought up the words to this tune.
Sally O’Malley, of the San Joaquin Valley, you set my heart in a whirl
I’ll call you every time I get in town, because you are my Bakersfield girl.