First thing this mornin’ heard that knock on my front door
First thing his mornin’ heard that knock on my front door
Then I heard that woman laughin’ can’t live like that no more

She’d been out all night poundin’ down them shots of gin
Been out all night poundin’ down them shots of gin
Hangin’ with her new friends but they refused to take her in

When I take her in she’ll  tell me I’m lookin’ fine and I’ve heard that story too  many times
I’ll go to work and she’ll sleep all day eat me out of house and home then she runs away
For all I care, brother, she can sleep behind that liquor store
Grab herself another bottle stay away from my front door

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It don’t bother me that she’s got no place to stay
Don’t bother me that she’s got no place to stay
Gotta learn to make her plans before goin’ out to play

Well she’ll cry like a baby purr like a feline in heat
Cry like a baby purr like a feline in heat
But I’ll keep that front door locked til she moves on down the street

Cause when I take her in she tells me I’m lookin’ fine and I’ve heard that story  too  many times
I’ll go to work and she’ll sleep all day eat me out of house and home then she runs away
For all I care, brother, she can sleep behind that liquor store
Grab herself another bottle stay away from my front door
Find herself another sucker stay away from my front door

© Paul Keating Maloney * Towering Pines Music