DESCRIPTION:
Johnny Cash - Mean Eyed Cat

Year : 1959

Album : Hymns by Johnny Cash

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 that mean eyed cat.
When I woke up this mornin' and I turned my headThere wasn't a cotton pickin' thing on her side of the bedI 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 beBut I put on my overalls and I headed to townGonna bring her back with me.
I asked the man down at the station if he'd seen her thereI told him all about her pretty eyes and long, blond hairHe spit his tobacco, said, "I'll be dad blamedI 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 beBut when I come back and gotta buy another ticket Gonna bring her back with me.
Well, I got off the train somewhere in ArkansasAnd I worked up the guts to call my mother-in-lawShe said, "I'll tell you where she is, if you act right""She's workin' four to twelve at trucker's world tonight".
Well when I walked in she saw me, and she took off her apronAnd she grabbed her goin' home hatShe bought a ticket with her tips and now we're curled up on the sofaMe and her and that mean eyed cat.