Well I know that I shouldn't have done it. I know it just wasn't right. Cause they got me back up to the cotton mouth river. And I can't cross late at night.
She was just a country girl. Didn't have those New York City ways. When she hopped a bus in Ohio. Headin' for the crowded streets where no one says a word.
She stood by the window. And let down her hair. Asked if I knew that I shouldn't be there. Her lips said goodbye. But her body said stay I knew I should go.
I don't gamble, I don't fight,. I don't be hangin' in the bars at night,. Yeah, I used to be a fighter but. Now I am a wiser man.. . I don't drink much, I don't smoke,.