Johnny Cash - Nobody Cared lyrics

It all started out in Illinois with a woman
That I thought was just my own
She saw a new tie and a new shirt
Kicked her heels and flipped her skirt
Slammed that door and left
Me standing all alone
They had a love nest in his new club
There went my wife all over town
As I watched it I got green and
With my drinking I got mean
Stuck a match and burned that
Club right to the ground

And I spent nine months in the
Hole lying there in solitaire
And nobody cared nobody cared nobody cared

There was a screw out in the hall that
Had me backed up to the wall
Escorting me with a water pistol
In that 36 degrees
With me shivering to my knees I am not
Going to forget about that water pistol
If I've been bad you think
That'll make me better
If I've been a sinner you think that'll
Make me a saint no it isn’t
Freedom come and I found him
Made him take off
All his clothes and socks and shoes
Had him scrambling on the floor trying
To make it to the door
Crying crawling screaming bloody murder too
Well I didn't really kill him though over
His whole world there hung a paw
I made him bend over on his knees
And to his screams of Owen please
Took my turpentine water pistol and I
Let him have it all

Because I spent nine months
And nobody cared nobody cared nobody cared