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 all 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 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, gotta buy another ticket Gotta 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.`

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