Hank Snow — That Same Old Dotted Line

It's a friendly lookin' freight train that's a pullin' down the track And once again another town is a lookin' at my back And another tender woman cries beggin' me to stay That's a game I'm never gonna play She calls it love but it's that same ole dotted line I know the roll of a box car and the smell of Georgia pine The hunger of a prison cell when a woman's on your mind And the way this world can treat you cold as if you don't belong Oh high and mighty 'll tell you that you're wrong wrong Just because you do not sign that same ole dotted line They say someday I'll have to pay the bill But if it's on a dotted line I swear I never will Now a man can live on easy street if he'll just close his eyes Learn the art of movin' up and study compromise Well half a truth is still a lie no matter how it's told But you can be a member of the fold All you gotta do is sign that same ole dotted line Oh the preachers and the teachers and the mothers of this land They'd like to bend and shape you and help you be a man Makin' plans and growin' roots and laying money back And you may never live before you die Once they've got your name upon that same ole dotted line They say someday I'll have to pay the bill But if it's on a dotted line I swear I never will So wave to me in passing and if you think I'm wrong Don't try to sell me anything I only need a song And let me have the feel of life the laughter and the tears And when I die I'll know that I was here Just don't think I'm gonna sign that same ole dotted line Just don't think I'm gonna sign that same ole dotted line