I gave my woman half my money at the general store
I said, now buy 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 morning 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 the 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 beat that blame
I believe I did see her leavin' on the Eastbound train
I bought a round-trip ticket on the Eastbound 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 a sofa
Me and her and that mean-eyed cat
Me and her and that mean-eyed cat