[Verse 1]
Lately, I've been cruel to my baby
She asks if I'm hers
And I only say maybe
Playing the fool
Who knows nothing about love
I act like I doubt it
But I'm nothing without it
Oooh

[Chorus]
And if I should leave you
Darling you'd know
That I'm chasing the only game in town
That's running itself right back into the ground
And I won't be too old
When the story is told
Of a man, who was wrong

[Verse 2]
Because I know
You belong in the church yard
Throwing flowers
Writing home on a postcard
And its okay, to belong to the old times
Making crochet, tying knots in the clothesline
Oooh
[Chorus]
And if I should leave you
Darling you'd know
That I'm chasing the only game in town
That's running itself right back into the ground
And I won't be too old
When my story is told
Of a man
Who was wrong

[Verse 3]
Because he barks
Like a hound dog in moon light
Yes he barks
On and on but he don't bite
'Cause it don't pay
To stand up to the uptight
It's the cowards
Who are fighting the good fight
Oooh

[Chorus]
If I should leave you
Darling you'd know
That on that day when I'm not around
I must be asleep like the stone in the ground
And I'll be 100 years old
When my story is told
Of a man
Who was wrong
[Verse 4]
My soul breaks
And my heart stops its beating
And my body
Lies wounded and bleeding
When the vultures
Start in on their feeding
And all of my seconds
Stop their constant repeating
Oooh

[Chorus]
And if I should leave you
Where would I go?
There's only one other bed in this town
It sits like a tree in a hole in the ground
I'll be a hundred years gone
But the story goes on
Of a man
Who was wrong

I'll be a hundred years gone
And the story goes on
Of a man
Who was wrong