(Harlan Howard). . I gotta quit this smokin'. It's because of my chokin'. I gotta quit this drinkin'. It's been messin' up my thinkin'.. Baby, you're included in my plan.
In a pub Britanny, I had me a drink or three. I can vaguely recall, a pretty girl was standin' there. Ran her hand through my hair, took me off for some air.
The lynch mob gathered in the square across from the jail. Young Billy watched them from his cell and felt his courage fail. Bill swore he wasn't guilty but the evidence was plain.
One by one my friends are gettin' married. One by one I watch them pass me by. And man that played here comes away I rush outside and cry. What a happy couple to be you and I.
I iron and I sew as I watch the late show. But something moist keeps getting in my eyes. He called and said don't wait. He'd be working late. . And so another lonely night goes by.
Woman let me sing you a song. Woman let me sing you a song. That tells how you've done me wrong. So it's your fault if it's long. Woman let me sing you a song.