I give my woman half my money at the general store I said, «Now buy a little groceries, and don’t spend no more.» But she gave ten dollars for a ten cent hat And bought some store bought cat food for a mean eyed cat.
When I give her ten more dollars for a one way ticket She was mad as she could be Then I bet ten more that if she ever left She’d come a-crawlin’ back to me When I woke up this mornin’ and I turned my head There wasn’t a cotton pickin’ thing on her side of the bed I found a little old note where her head belonged It said, «Dear John, honey, baby, I’m long gone.»
When I heard a whistle blowin’, and the big wheels a-turnin’ I was scared as I could be I put on my overalls and I headed to town Gonna bring her back with me.
I asked the man down at the station if he’d seen her there I told him all about her pretty eyes and long, blonde hair He spit his tobacco, said, «I’ll be dad blamed…… I believe I did see her leavin’ on the east bound train.»
I bought a round trip ticket on the east bound train I was broke as I could be But when I come back, gotta buy another ticket Gotta bring her back with me.
Well, I got off the train somewhere in Arkansas And I worked up the guts to call my Mother-In-Law She said, «I’ll tell you where she is, if you act right.» «She’s workin’ four to twelve at Trucker’s World tonight.»
When I walked in she saw me, and she took off her apron And she grabbed her goin’ home hat She bought a ticket with her tips And now we’re curled up on the sofa, me and her….and that mean eyed cat
