I met him in Seattle, he was gettin' down on a bottle
Telling lies in the Blue Moon Bar
His face was hard and traveled and as the wine unraveled
I saw a man who could laugh about his scars
He said, ‽I got shanghaied in Vegas by a painted woman
I got hog-tied by a hustler in Ohio
I got derailed by a dancer down in Dallas”
Oh Lord, he said, ‽Women gonna be the death of me
But what a way to go”
He said, ‽A girl named Nancy, once tickled his fancy
And backed it up with a fifty dollar smile”
He laughed when he remembered, the pain of sweet surrender
But heartaches never seemed to cramp his style
He said, ‽I got tongue-tied by a teacher in Tallahassee
I got French-fried by a waitress in Idaho
I got way-laid by a widow in Wyoming”
Oh Lord, he said, ‽Women gonna be the death of me
But what a way to go”
He said, ‽I got shanghaied in Vegas by a painted woman
I got hog-tied by a hustler in Ohio
I got derailed by a dancer down in Dallas”
Oh Lord, he said, ‽Women gonna be the death of me
But what a way to go”

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