Mean Eyed Cat (Album Version)

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 that mean eyed cat

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

But 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, blond hair

He spit his tobacco, said, "I'll be dad blamedI 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 and gotta buy another ticket

Gonna bring her back with me

Well, I got off the train somewhere in

ArkansasAnd

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"

Well 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