I met him in Seattle
  he was gettin' down on the bottle
  Tellin' lies in The Blue Moon Bar .
  His face was hard and travelled
  and as the lines unrivalled
  I saw a man who could laugh about his scars .
  
  He said
  I got shanghaied in Vegas bya painted woman
  I got hog-tied bya hustler in Ohio .
  I got de-railed by a dancer down in Dallas .
  Women gonna be the death of me
  but what a way to go .
  
  He said a girl named Nancy
  once tickled his fancy
  and backed it up witha fifty dollar smile .
  He laughed when he remembered
  the pain of sweet surrender
  but heartaches never seemed to cramp his style .
  
  He said
  I got tongue-tied by a teacher in Tallahassee
  I got French fried by a waitress is Idaho
  I got waylaid by a widow in Wyoming
  Women gonna be the death of me
  but what a way to go .
  
  I got tongue-tied by a teacher in Tallahassee
  I got French fried by a waitress is Idaho
  I got waylaid by a widow in Wyoming
  Women gonna be the death of me
  but what a way to go .
  I got shanghaied in Vegas bya painted woman
  I got hog-tied bya hustler in Ohio .
  I got de-railed by a dancer down in Dallas .
  Women gonna be the death of me
  but what a way to go .