I guess I should have written that
To let you know that I was coming home
I've been gone so many years
Didn't realize you'd ever phone
I saw your cattle comin' in for their
workin' mighty flat and slick
My sophomore at the service station
told me that his wife was off sick
You heard my record on the radio,
well, it's just another song
I got a hit recorded,
been out on the market for too long
I've got this ring in
Mexico, it cost me quite a bunch
When you're in the business that I'm in,
people call it putting up a front
I know I lost a little weight,
I guess I'm looking kind of pale
You know me better than that,
I swear that I just got out of jail
You know we don't call the beer joints,
nightclubs or the places where I work
You need a lot of people there,
though there ain't no chance of getting hurt.
Well, I knew you was going to ask me,
who's the lady that's sleeping in the car?
That's just a girl that works for me
Man, she plays a pretty mean guitar
She worked in
San
Antonio last night
She didn't even have the time to dress
She drove me down from
Nashville to tell the truth I
guess she needs a rest
Well,
Dad, I gotta go, gotta go get
San
Francisco to
Maine
You can let me write your number down,
I'll call you and I promise you I'll write it
Now you're good, you better be,
I'm chasing all them women that you know
And if you see
Barbara
Walker, please tell her that I said hello.