IT'S BAD WHEN IT'S THAT-A-WAY
(Lefty Frizzell / Abe Mulkey)

Lefty Frizzell - 1965



 
Well, you can't grow a crop when it's dew at the plow
You can't get milk from an old dry cow
You can't keep a woman if you don't know how
It's bad when it's that-a-way and it's that-a-way now

My crop flooded out, my old cow died
My sweet woman left, she was dissatisfied
She broke my heart when she broke her vow
It's bad when it's that-a-way and it's that-a-way now

(Instrumental Break)

If a man's got a woman to fix his meals
He may make a livin' workin' in the fields
He may be happy with a mule and plow
It's bad when it's that-a-way and it's that-a-way now

Well, I don't have a woman with love that's real
I don't have money to pay my bills
I just got heartaches and broken vows
It's bad when it's that-a-way and it's that-a-way now



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - October 2010)