Mean Eyed Cat

I gave 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 meanb
Eyed cat

When I woke up this morning and
I turned my head there wasn't a
Cotton-picking 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 blowing
And the big wheels a-turning
I was scared as I could be i put
On my overalls and I headed for
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 and said, i'll
Be dad blamed i believe I did
See her leaving 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 working 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 going-home hat she
Bought a ticket with her tips, now
We're curled up on the sofa me and
Her and that mean-eyed cat