Johnny Cash – Mean Eyed Cat Lyrics  Share

From Johnny Cash's album: Unchained

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
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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
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