Well, I hate to sing and rock, I hate to spoil the fun, but I guess that I had best be on my way.
I was singing at a country dance in Nashville, Tennessee, and flirting with a pretty girl I thought I had to meet.
Cause she had a certain something that knocked out my eyes, till I found out that certain something was a husband twice my size.
Well, I hate to sing and rock, I hate to spoil the fun, but I guess that I had best be on my way.
Cause the rumor's going round that if a certain singer's found, he might not be around here to sing another day.
I went out on the town not too long ago, I was giving private guitar lessons to a girl I know.
My wife got suspicious and wise to my schemes, when I came home she found lipstick on my guitar strings.
Well, I hate to sing and rock, I hate to spoil the fun, but I guess that I had best be on my way.
Cause the rumor's going round.
That if a certain singer's found, he might not be around here to sing another day.
I just got a letter from an old forgotten friend, but he made it pretty plain I wouldn't soon forget again.
Just a small misunderstanding.
And he's thinking the worst.
Seems he found out I wrote a song we both know he wrote first.
Well, I hate to sing and rock, I hate to spoil the fun, but I guess that I had best be on my way.
Cause the rumor's going round that if a certain singer's found, he might not be around here to sing another day.
Well, I hate to sing and rock, I hate to spoil the fun, but I guess that I had best be on my way.