Mean eyed cat

[Verse] 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 When I give her ten more dollars for a one-way ticket She was mad as could be Then I bet ten more that if she ever left She'd come a-crawlin' back to me 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." 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 to town Going to bring her back with me 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, said, "I'll be dad blamed I believe I did see her leaving on the east-bound train." I bought a round-trip ticket on the east bound train I was broke as I could be But when I come back, I got to buy another ticket Going to bring her back with me 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." 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