Call up Trudy on the telephone. Send a letter in the mail. Tell her I'm hung up in Dallas. And they won't let outta this jail. And if she asks you how I'm fairing.
[Chorus]. Sitting on a bar stool. Acting like a dern fool. That's what I'm a doin' today. I'm sittin' here drinkin'. Tryin' to keep a thinking I'm crusin' my troubles away.
IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF TEXAS, EAST AND WEST OF EL PASO. WHERE THE MIGHTY FRANKLIN MOUNTAINS GUARD THE TRAIL TO MEXICO. THERE'S A NEW-MADE WIDOW CRYING AND A HEARSE A ROLLIN SLOW.
Well, her name was Maria. She came from Bajia. She had a passion for diamonds and gold. She done broke every heart. In Puerto Vallarta. By the time she was eighteen years old.