ramblin', scramblin'
Singer:jerry jeff walker
tryin' to get my mind untangled
ain't never seen nothin' in the whole wide world
that give more trouble than to try 'n' love a girl
like most everybody i've had bad luck
you know i've been down and out and didn't have a buck
i've been hired and fired and loved and mistrusted and three or four women left me busted
took my money. took my lovin'. took my toothpaste too
first went ramblin' a few years ago
some fool woman she tried to tell me no
i had an ol' leather bag it wasn't even mine
i had a heart full of sorrow and a tangled up mind
she done it. she kept squezzing toothpaste in my ear. she said i couldn't leave
took 3 or 4 steps backwards and gave her a dropkick right in the crotch
her eyes lit up and said oh your leaving. yeah
i headed for new orleans louisiana and all night drinkin' and jazz piano
that music in the air will set your toes a tappin' but those hustlin' women sent me a packin'
met a gal down there said she came from way out west
said she could roll a cigarette with just one hand
she proved it. she rolled me with the other
i grabbed my bag i had my hat in my hand
took the advice to go west young man
i figured now i'd finally learned my lesson
me and women weren't messin'
met another un. wasn't too good lookin'. but juggs whew
i'm not saying she's a big chick or anything but one time i did ask her what size bra she wore
she said 6 7/8. i said my god what did you measure it with?.she said stetson whew
i figured it was time i headed her my way
she was talking about us and having a home and i was talking about us and livin' in uncle henry's basement
she said what. said she didn't understand
i proceeded to take 3 or 4 steps backwards and give her a dropkick right in the crotch
i said honey i believe in treating women gentle but first you've got to get their attention
the same things have happened over again
every time i meet a woman she tries to pin me in
found the only way to handle a woman is to keep your bags packed
can't live with 'em and you can't live without em
that's why i write so many of these weird songs i guess