What a Way to Go

I met him in Seattle, he was getting down on a bottle
Telling lies in the Blue Moon Bar
His face was hard and travelled, and as the wine unraveled
I saw a man who could laugh about his scars

He said, I got shanghaied in Vegas by a painted woman
I got hog-tied by a hustler in Ohio
I got derailed by a dancer down in Dallas
Oh Lord, he said, women gonna be the death of me
But what a way to go

He said a girl named Nancy once tickled his fancy
And backed it up with a 50 dollar smile
He laughed when he remembered, the pain of sweet surrender
But heartaches never seemed to cramp his style

He said, I got tongue-tied by a teacher in Tallahassee
I got french-fried by a waitress in Idaho
I got way-laid by a widow in Wyoming
Oh Lord, he said, women gonna be the death of me
But what a way to go

I got shanghaied in Vegas by a painted woman
I got hog-tied by a hustler in Ohio
I got derailed by a dancer down in Dallas
Oh Lord, he said, women gonna be the death of me
But what a way to go



Credits
Writer(s): Jim Rushing, Bobby David
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