Johnny Cash - Mean Eyed Cat lyrics

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 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 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 blonde hair
He spit his tobacco and said
"I'll be dad blamed"
"I believe I did see her
Leaving on the eastbound train"

I bought a round-trip ticket
On the 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 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