Текст песни Johnny Cash - Mean Eyed Cat

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I gave my woman half my money at the general store I said, "Now buy a little
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groceries, and don't spe nd no more." But she paid ten d ollars for a ten cent hat
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And bought some store bought cat food for that mean eyed cat.

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When I woke up this mornin' and I turned my head There wasn't a cotton pickin'
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thing on her side of the bed I found a l ittle old note where her head belonged It
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said, "Dear Jo hn, honey, baby, I'm long gon e."

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When I heard a whistle blowin', and the big wheels a-turnin' I was scared as I
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could be I pu t on my overalls and I headed to to wn Gonna bring her back with me.

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I asked the man down at the station if he'd seen her there I told him all about
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her pretty eyes and long, b londe hair He spit his t obacco, said, "I'll be dad
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blamed...... I b'lieve I did se e her leavin' on the east bound t rain."

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I bought a round trip ticket on the east bound train I was broke as I could be But
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when I come back, I gotta buy anothe r ticket, gonna bring her back wi th me.

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Well, I got off the train somewhere in Arkansas And I worked up the guts to call
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my Mot her-In-Law She said, "I'll t ell you where she is, if you act right." "She's
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workin' four to twelve at Trucke r's World tonight."

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When I walked in she saw me, and she took off her apron And she grabbed her
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goin' home hat ,she bought a ticket with her tips and now we're curled up on the
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sofa, me and her and that mean eyed cat