The First Mrs. Jones-Porter Wagoner

[ti:The First Mrs. Jones] [ar:Porter Wagoner] [al:The Essential Porter Wagoner] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The First Mrs. Jones - Porter Wagoner [00:09.17]Her real first name was Betty but I'd rather just forget it [00:16.04] [00:17.14]So I'll call her the First Mrs Jones [00:22.42] [00:24.69]We were married in September and it lasted till November [00:31.96] [00:32.64]Then one day she just took out on her own [00:38.30] [00:39.87]I followed her to Savannah New Orleans and then Atlanta [00:46.92] [00:48.43]Every day I begged her to come home [00:53.45] [00:55.82]Pretty soon I started drinking tryin' hard to keep from thinking [01:02.49] [01:03.33]Just how much I loved the First Mrs Jones [01:09.24] [01:12.92]It was cold and dark one morning [01:14.69] [01:16.08]Just before the day was dawning [01:17.55] [01:18.76]When I staggered from a tavern to a phone [01:21.37] [01:23.03]When she picked up her receiver [01:24.45] [01:25.45]I said you're gonna come back or either [01:27.92]They're gonna be calling you the Late Mrs Jones [01:31.27] [01:33.78]I put a pistol in my jacket stumbled out and hailed a taxi [01:37.43] [01:38.88]I told the taxidriver to take me to her home [01:41.60] [01:44.55]I remember walkin' proudly everybody said I yelled out loudly [01:49.30] [01:50.03]Come on out or I'm gonna come in Mrs Jones [01:53.65] [01:56.38]Then next thing I recall was walking to the forest [02:00.25] [02:01.64]Lookin' for a place to hide her bones [02:03.66] [02:05.64]I dug and dug for hours and then I planted flowers [02:09.92] [02:10.99]Right on the top of the First Mrs Jones [02:13.59] [02:17.17]Did my little story scare you [02:18.77] [02:19.32]Oh I can see cause I'm so near you [02:22.28] [02:23.44]Little beads of persperation dot your clothes [02:26.45] [02:29.28]Aren't you sorry now that you left me [02:31.25] [02:32.93]Really now doesn't you wanna come go with me [02:35.15] [02:36.07]After all you are the Second Mrs Jones