Released: February 27, 1990
Songwriter: Jim McBride Alan Jackson
Producer: Keith Stegall Scott Hendricks
[Verse 1]
I could see it coming from a mile away
A heartache looking for a place to stay
But I couldn't resist her and I couldn't be cool
The Lord made a woman to make a man a fool
[Chorus]
It's an age old story but it still holds true
There ain't no ending to what a man won't do
He'll loves some woman until he goes insane
It's a short sweet ride on a runaway train
[Verse 2]
I was drunk and crazy by her sweet perfume
But I knew stone sober I was being used
Now, the heartache lingers like a cheap cologne
She took all she wanted and she was gone
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
It was almost worth it for the time we spent
Because there ain't no future in a heart for rent
Still she taught me something about the facts of life
That love cuts quicker than a switch-blade knife
[Chorus][x2]
[Outro]
A short sweet ride on a runaway train
I could see it coming from a mile away
A heartache looking for a place to stay
But I couldn't resist her and I couldn't be cool
The Lord made a woman to make a man a fool
[Chorus]
It's an age old story but it still holds true
There ain't no ending to what a man won't do
He'll loves some woman until he goes insane
It's a short sweet ride on a runaway train
[Verse 2]
I was drunk and crazy by her sweet perfume
But I knew stone sober I was being used
Now, the heartache lingers like a cheap cologne
She took all she wanted and she was gone
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
It was almost worth it for the time we spent
Because there ain't no future in a heart for rent
Still she taught me something about the facts of life
That love cuts quicker than a switch-blade knife
[Chorus][x2]
[Outro]
A short sweet ride on a runaway train
- Here In The Real World (1990)
- The Older I Get
- Chattahoochee
- It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere
- Remember When
- Drive (For Daddy Gene)
- Good Time
- Where I Come From
- What A Friend We Have In Jesus
- Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)
- I Want To Stroll Over Heaven With You
- Country Boy
- The Old Rugged Cross
- Like Red On A Rose
- Midnight In Montgomery
- Freight Train
- A Million Ways To Die
- Amazing Grace
- Little Bitty
- The Blues Man
- Livin’ On Love
- Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man
- The Steal Of The Night
- Trying Not To Love You
- Texas Women (Live)