Johnny Cash — Mean Eyed Cat

[Verse 1] 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 paid ten dollars for a ten-cent hat And bought some store-bought cat food for that mean-eyed cat [Verse 2] When I woke up this morning and I turned my head There wasn't a cotton-picking 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" [Verse 3] When I heard a whistle blowing and the big wheels a-turning I was scared as I could be I put on my overalls and I headed for town Gonna bring her back with me [Verse 4] 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 and said, "I'll be dad blamed" "I believe I did see her leaving on the eastbound train" [Verse 5] I bought a round-trip ticket on the eastbound train I was broke as I could be But when I come back, I gotta buy another ticket Gonna bring her back with me [Verse 6] 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 working four-to-twelve at Trucker's World tonight" [Verse 7] Well, when I walked in, she saw me and she took off her apron And she grabbed her going-home hat She bought a ticket with her tips, now we're curled up on the sofa Me and her and that mean-eyed cat