Songwriter: Jim Rushing Bobby David
Producer: Ron Haffkine
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
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
(c) Vogue music Inc./Bibo Music Publishing inc
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
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
(c) Vogue music Inc./Bibo Music Publishing inc
more tracks from the album
Timeless
- Carry Me, Carrie
- I Gave Her Comfort
- Body Talking
- I Wanna Make The Woman Tremble
- Jungle to the Zoo
- Better Love Next Time
- The Radio
- The Ballad of Lucy Jordon
- If Not You
- Everybody’s Making It Big But Me
- A Couple More Years
- Girls Can Get It
- I Don’t Want to Be Alone Tonight
- Sylvia’s Mother
- Years From Now
- Storms Never Last
- Levitate
- Making Love and Music
- The Millionaire
- Sharing the Night Together
- Let the Loose End Drag
- Freakin’ at the Freaker’s Ball
- What A Way To Go
- Only Sixteen
- When You’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman
- Lay Too Low Too Long
- In Over My Head
- Sleeping Late
- Knowing She’s There
- The Cover of the “Rolling Stone”
- I Got Stoned and I Missed It
- Up on the Mountain
- More Like the Movies
- Mountain Mary
- Sexy Eyes
- Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans Talk
- A Little Bit More
- Walk Right In
- Clyde
From the albums
- Makin’ Love & Music (1977)
- Timeless (2014)
Dr. Hook popular songs
- Sylvia’s Mother
- Sharing the Night Together
- The Cover of the “Rolling Stone”
- Sexy Eyes
- Storms Never Last
- A Little Bit More
- When You’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman
- The Ugliest Man In Town
- Chained to Her Memory
- Up on the Mountain
- Bread Upon the Water
- Love You Now
- I’m a Lamb
- More Like the Movies
- The Things I Didn’t Say
- Help Me Mama
- Mountain Mary
- Do You Right Tonight
- The Shadow Knows
- Monterey Jack
- That Plane
- Dooley Jones
- Feels Good
- Last Mornin’