Songwriter: Jimmy Yeary Ben Hayslip Rhett Akins

Producer: Scott Hendricks

[Verse 1]
I saw you sitting there sipping red wine down at Causen Mills
I knew you'd probably be outta my league but I thought, what the hell?
Aw, what the hell
Five dollars a glass was kicking my butt but I kept on buying
I kind of thought you were into me
So I kept on trying to get them sparks a 'flying'

[Chorus]
In my forty dollar blue jeans
Next to a beauty queen
Used to the finer things
All I had to my name was a big old truck and a little old place
I couldn't help but think
I can't afford to love you
But I can't afford not too
Ho-ho-ho

[Verse 2]
I asked you if you ever stared up at the stars from a tailgate
Down by the river with a six pack
You said no, but it sure sounds great
You climbed up in my old truck
Sitting' right beside me
I cranked up a country song
And you started smiling
Yeah, this old boy was styling

[Chorus]
In forty dollar blue jeans
Next to a beauty queen
Used to the finer things
Yeah, I missed work for three days
Kissing' on you, didn't get paid
I couldn't help but think
I can't afford to love you
But I can't afford not to
Ho-ho-ho

[Verse 3]
We been together ever since that night
You're still in love with that same old guy
Same old guy

[Chorus]
In forty dollar blue jeans
Next to a beauty queen
Used to the finer things
Yeah, we set a date for next spring
Working two jobs, picking out rings
I can't help but think
I can't afford to love you
I can't afford to love you
But I can't afford not to
Ho-ho-ho

[Outro]
I can't afford not to
Love on you

Blake Shelton

Blake Tollison Shelton was born June 18, 1976, in Ada, Oklahoma to Richard (used car salesman)and Dorothy Shelton (beauty salon owner). He had a brother, Richie who was killed in an auto accident. The 6'5" country music singer/songwriter/TV personality has been married and divorced twice. First to Kaynette “Katt” Williams. The pair married on November 17, 2003, in the Smoky Mountains and divorced in 2006. Blake married country music star Miranda Lambert on May 14, 2011, and they split in 2015.

Blake was in two or three pageants starting when he was six or seven years old. He sang “Cat Scratch Fever” by Ted Nugent and “Old Time Rock

‘n Roll” by Bob Seger.