Lately, I've been cruel to my baby
She asks if I'm hers
And I only say maybe

Playin the fool
Who knows nothing about love
I act like I doubt it

But I'm nothing without it
Oooh


And if i should leave you
Darlin' you'd know
That I'm chasin the only game in town

That's running itself right back into the ground
And I won't be too old
When the story is told

Of a man, who was wrong

Cuz I know

You belong in the church yard
Thowing flowers
Writing home on a postcard

And its okay, to belong to the old ties
Making crochet, tying knots in the clothesline
Oooh


And if i should leave you
Darlin' you'd know

That I'm chasin the only game in town
That's running itself right back into the ground
And I won't be too old

When my story is told
Of a man, who was wrong


Cuz he barks
Like a hound dog in moon light
On and on but he don't bite

Well it don't pay
To stand up to the old days
It's the cowards

Who are fighting the good life
Oooh


And if i should leave you
Darlin' you'd know
That, on that day

When i'm not around
I must be asleep like a stone in the ground
And I'll be a hundred years old

When my story is told
Of a man who was wrong


My soul breaks
And my heart stops its beating
And my body

Lies wounded and bleeding
When the vultures
Start in on their feeding

And all of my seconds
Stop their constant repeating
Oooh


And if i should leave you,
Where would i go?

There's only on other bed in this town
It sits like a tree in a hole in the ground
I'll be a hundred years gone

But the story goes on
Of a man, who was wrong
I'll be a hundred years gone

And the story goes on
Of a man, who was wrong