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 gave 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."         Chorus 1: 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."   Chorus 2: 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."   Chorus 3: 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