Mean Eyed Cat Lyrics

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 gave ten dollars for a ten cent hat
And bought some store bought cat food for a mean eyed cat.

When I give her ten more dollars for a one way ticket
She was mad as she could be
Then I bet ten more that if she ever left
She?d come a-crawlin? back to me

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
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 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 dead 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, gonna buy another ticket
Gotta bring her back to 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.?

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