Well, he’s gone to find his way again Said he’s lost his only friend He’s got a jar of cash to spend He’s runnin' off just like he done before And he made his stop down at the track Sold his favorite leather hat Told the man he won’t be back And rounded out an old unsettled score But ooh, this ain’t the first time That I’ve been left behind Well, I’d cook his lunch and wash his clothes He’d tend the fence and shoot the crows And somewhere in there we got close They say a handy man is hard to find Well, he bought the farm, I sold my car He left me with a silver scar He’s colder then a steel guitar He always warned he ain’t the lovin' kind I told him ooh, this ain’t the first time That I’ve been left behind Well, some days I cry like a child Other days I ramble wild He’s got me so goddamn beguiled And I don’t even know his middle name He’s been lost and found before But I’ve stopped waitin' by the door But I still love him to the core I only wish that he could do the same But ooh, this ain’t the first time That I’ve been left behind Well, he don’t call and he don’t write He slips on in after midnight I never turn off my porch light He always finds his way back to my place And I never asked him for a ring He gave this old song to sing And helped himself to everythin' And now I’m here without a speck of grace But ooh, this ain’t the first time That I’ve been left behind, left behind
Well, he’s gone to find his way again Said he’s lost his only friend He’s got a jar of cash to spend He’s runnin' off just like he done before And he made his stop down at the track Sold his favorite leather hat Told the man he won’t be back And rounded out an old unsettled score But ooh, this ain’t the first time That I’ve been left behind Well, I’d cook his lunch and wash his clothes He’d tend the fence and shoot the crows And somewhere in there we got close They say a handy man is hard to find Well, he bought the farm, I sold my car He left me with a silver scar He’s colder then a steel guitar He always warned he ain’t the lovin' kind I told him ooh, this ain’t the first time That I’ve been left behind Well, some days I cry like a child Other days I ramble wild He’s got me so goddamn beguiled And I don’t even know his middle name He’s been lost and found before But I’ve stopped waitin' by the door But I still love him to the core I only wish that he could do the same But ooh, this ain’t the first time That I’ve been left behind Well, he don’t call and he don’t write He slips on in after midnight I never turn off my porch light He always finds his way back to my place And I never asked him for a ring He gave this old song to sing And helped himself to everythin' And now I’m here without a speck of grace But ooh, this ain’t the first time That I’ve been left behind, left behind
