Betsie ‘n Me
Well, Betsie’s twelve years old and she drinks oil like beer
She’s got the personality of a goat, but I keep her here
Paid her off a decade back, now she’s mine to keep
My neighbor drives a brand-new Ford — but he don’t hardly sleep
‘Cause he’s working overtime to make that payment every week
It’s the Wayist life, paid in full and free
Got a twelve-year-old truck with personality
My neighbors think I’m crazy, drowning in their debt
While I’m buying plane tickets they ain’t bought yet
Yeah, it’s the Wayist life — authentic and it’s mine
Got relationships with everything — and sister, I’m doing fine
Built this house board by board, brick by hand
Me and my hubby bought the dirt for ten grand — that was all we had
Twenty-two years later, not a mortgage to our name
My neighbor’s got a mansion, but we’re playing different games
He mows on Sundays, worries every day
I mow when Louise is ready, then we’re on our way
It’s the Wayist life, paid in full and free
Got a house built by hand and a truck named Betsie
My neighbors think I’m crazy, drowning in their debt
While I’m seeing the world in places they ain’t been yet
Yeah, it’s the Wayist life — authentic and it’s mine
Got relationships with everything — and brother, I’m doing fine
Now Nanna’s dining table, solid oak, knows every sin
Knows whose really whose daddy and where the secrets been
And I can’t throw the lawnmower out though she sputters and she cusses
‘Cause she’s got a name and history — so I fix her when she fusses
Yeah, I talk to her like she’s listening… ‘cause maybe that she does…
And if you think that’s crazy — well, that’s the Wayist love
We’re not stingy, but we’re thoughtful about every single dime
Not buying ego feel-goods, buying memories and time
While they’re polishing their image and their thirty-thousand-dollar car
Me and husband are sitting here, drinking beer under the stars
With Betsie in the driveway and that lawnmower in the shed
And Nanna’s table holding memories instead of holding dread
It’s the Wayist life, paid in full and free
Got a twelve-year-old truck with personality
They can keep their shiny things and their mortgages so steep
I got Love, got Betsie, the house, got a lawnmower named Louise
Yeah, it’s the Wayist life — authentic, strange, and mine
We see consciousness in everything —
And sister, we’re doing FINE!
Just me and Betsie… gonna fix Louise tomorrow…
My kids got Nanna’s table set for dinner…
Living debt-free under these stars…
That’s the Wayist life…its life…