I met him in seattle

He was gettin' down on a bottle

Telling lies in the blue moon bar

His face was hard and travelled

And as the wine unravelled

I saw a man who could laugh about his scars

He said I got shanghaied in vegas by a painted woman

I got hog tied by a hustler in ohio

I got derailed by a dancer down in dallas

Oh lord he said

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 with a 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 in idaho

I got way laid by a widow in wyoming

Oh lord he said

Women gonna be the death of me

But

What a way to go

I got shanghaied in vegas by a painted woman

I got hog tied by a hustler in ohio

I got derailed by a dancer down in dallas

Oh lord he said

Women gonna be the death of me but

What a way to go