Mean Eyed Cat

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 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 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 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' 4to 12 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