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Tom T Hall
I guess I should've written, Dad, to let you know that I was coming homeI've been gone so many years, I didn't realize you had a phoneI saw your cattle coming in, boy they're looking mighty fat and slickI saw Fred at the service station, told me that his wife is awful sickYou heard my record on the radio, oh, well it's just another songBut I've got a hit recorded and it'll be out on the market 'fore too longI got this ring in Mexico, no, it didn't cost me quite a bunchWhen you're in the business that I'm in, the people call it puttin' up a frontI know I've lost a little weight, I guess I am looking kind of paleIf you didn't know me better, Dad, you'd think that I'd just gotten out of jailNo, we don't ever call them beer joints, night clubs are the places that I workYou meet a lot of people there, but no, there ain't much chance of gettin' hurtI'm sorry that I couldn't be there with you all when Momma passed awayI was on the road and when they came and told me it was just too lateI drove by the grave to see her, boy, that really is a pretty stoneI'm glad that Fred and Jan are here, it's better than you being here aloneWell I knew you's gonna ask me who the lady is that's sleeping in the carThat's just a girl who works for me and, man, she plays a pretty mean guitarWe worked in San Antone last night, she didn't even have the time to dressShe drove me down from Nashville and to tell the truth I guess she needs the restWell, Dad, I gotta go, we got a dance to work in Cartersville tonightLet me take your number down, I'll call you, and I promise you I'll writeNow you be good and don't be chasin' all those pretty women that you knowAnd by the way if you see Barbara Walker tell her that I said "Hello."
I guess I should've written, Dad, to let you know that I was coming homeI've been gone so many years, I didn't realize you had a phoneI saw your cattle coming in, boy they're looking mighty fat and slickI saw Fred at the service station, told me that his wife is awful sickYou heard my record on the radio, oh, well it's just another songBut I've got a hit recorded and it'll be out on the market 'fore too longI got this ring in Mexico, no, it didn't cost me quite a bunchWhen you're in the business that I'm in, the people call it puttin' up a frontI know I've lost a little weight, I guess I am looking kind of paleIf you didn't know me better, Dad, you'd think that I'd just gotten out of jailNo, we don't ever call them beer joints, night clubs are the places that I workYou meet a lot of people there, but no, there ain't much chance of gettin' hurtI'm sorry that I couldn't be there with you all when Momma passed awayI was on the road and when they came and told me it was just too lateI drove by the grave to see her, boy, that really is a pretty stoneI'm glad that Fred and Jan are here, it's better than you being here aloneWell I knew you's gonna ask me who the lady is that's sleeping in the carThat's just a girl who works for me and, man, she plays a pretty mean guitarWe worked in San Antone last night, she didn't even have the time to dressShe drove me down from Nashville and to tell the truth I guess she needs the restWell, Dad, I gotta go, we got a dance to work in Cartersville tonightLet me take your number down, I'll call you, and I promise you I'll writeNow you be good and don't be chasin' all those pretty women that you knowAnd by the way if you see Barbara Walker tell her that I said "Hello."
