Mean Eyed Cat
(Johnny Cash)

I gave my woman half my money at the general store
I said now buy a little grocers, and don't spend no more
But she paid ten dollars for a ten-cent hat
And got some store-bought cat food for her mean eyed cat

When I gave her ten more dollars for a one-way ticket
She was mad as she could be
Then I bet ten more that if she ever left
She'd come crawling 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 note where her head belonged
It said dear John, honey, baby I'm long gone

When I heard that whistle blowing and the big wheels turning
I was scared as I could be
I put on my overalls and I headed for town
Gonna 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 blond hair
He spit his tobacco, said (...)
I believe I did see her leaving on an eastbound train

I bought a round-trip ticket on an eastbound train
I was broke as I could be
But when I come back, I gotta buy another ticket
Gonna 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 there you where she is, if you act right
She's working four to twelve at Soccer's World tonight

Well when I walked in she saw me and she took off her ribbon
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 her mean eyed cat