Mean Eyed Cat

I gave my woman half my money at the general store

I said: now buy a little groceries and don't spend no more

But she paid 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 ol' 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, I gotta buy another ticket

Gonna 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

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. Now we're curled up on the sofa

Me and her and that mean-eyed cat