Mean Eyed Cat-Rock-Ola

[ti:Mean Eyed Cat] [ar:Rock-Ola] [al:Bluelight Rockabillies Vol. 6] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mean Eyed Cat - Rock-Ola [00:16.54]I gave my woman half my money [00:18.67]At the general store [00:20.50]Now buy a little groceries [00:22.39] [00:23.01]And don't spend no more " [00:25.21]But she paid ten dollars for a ten cent hat [00:28.73]Some store bought [00:29.99]Cat food for that mean eyed cat [00:33.13] [00:34.10]When I woke up this mornin' [00:35.85]And I turned my head [00:38.23]There wasn't a cotton pickin' thing [00:39.90]On her side of the bed [00:42.19]I found a little ol' note [00:44.33]Where her head belonged [00:45.94]It said "Dear [00:47.41]Baby I'm long gone " [00:51.29]When I heard a whistle blowin' [00:53.07]And the big wheels a turnin' [00:54.46] [00:55.27]I was scared as I could be [00:58.44] [00:59.32]I put on my overalls and I headed to town [01:03.34]Gonna bring her back to me [01:07.50] [01:09.23]I asked the man down [01:10.58]At the station if he'd seen her there [01:13.20]I told him all about her pretty eyes [01:15.86]And long blonde hair [01:17.69]He spit his tobacco said "I'll be dad blamed [01:21.59]I believe I did see her leavin' [01:24.45]On the east bound train " [01:26.43]I bought a round trip ticket [01:28.63]On the east bound train [01:30.94]I was broke as I could be [01:34.06] [01:35.14]But when I come back [01:36.70]I gotta buy another ticket [01:38.99]Gonna bring her back with me [01:42.65] [02:02.09]Well I got off the train [02:04.05]Somewhere in Arkansas [02:06.49]And I worked up the guts [02:07.95]To call my mother in law [02:10.52]She said "I'll tell you where [02:12.30]She is if you act right [02:14.46]She's workin' four to twelve [02:16.55]At Trucker's World tonight " [02:18.78] [02:19.69]Well when I walked in she [02:20.75]Saw me and she took off her apron [02:23.73]And she grabbed her goin' home hat [02:26.72] [02:27.37]She bought a ticket with her tips [02:29.53]Now we're curled up on the sofa [02:32.10]Me and her and that mean eyed cat