CALL UP TRUDY ON
THE TELEPHONE
SEND HER A LETTER IN
THE MAIL
TELL HER I'M HUNG
UP IN DALLAS
AND THEY WON'T LET
ME OUTTA THIS JAIL
AND IF SHE ASKS
YOU HOW I'M 'A
FARING
TELL HER I'M
JUST ABOUT
TO LOSE MY MIND
WORRIED ABOUT
OLD JOHNNY LEE WALKER
AND THE GIRL I
LEFT BEHIND
NOW JOHNNY LEE WALKER
WAS A CARD MECHANIC
HAD A HAND FOR TROUBLE
AND A EYE FOR CASH
LUCKIEST MAN
IN DALLAS COUNTY
HAD A GOLD WATCH CHAIN
AND A BLACK MUSTACHE
AND HE LOVED
HIS WHISKEY
AND HE LOVED
HIS WOMEN
DROVE A BIG LONG
CADILLAC LIMOUSINE
KEPT A BIG FINE FANCY
TOWNHOUSE
IN DALLAS
AND HOTEL SUITE
IN NEW ORLEANS
CARRIED A SWITCHBLADE
KNIFE IN HIS LEFT
HIP POCKET
AND A FORTY FOUR
HOG LEG UP UNDER
HIS COAT
CUT YOU DOWN IN A
NEW YORK MINUTE
IF HE CATCH YOU
CHEATING THAT WAS
ALL SHE WROTE
SO CALL UP TRUDY ON
THE TELEPHONE
SEND HER A LETTER
IN THE MAIL
TELL HER I'M HUNG
UP IN DALLAS
AND THEY WON'T LET
ME OUTTA THIS JAIL
IF SHE ASKS YOU
HOW I'M 'A FARING
TELL HER I'M
JUST ABOUT
TO LOSE MY MIND
WORRIED ABOUT
OLD JOHNNY LEE WALKER
AND THE GIRL I
LEFT BEHIND
I JUST GOT
TO TOWN LAST
FRIDAY EVENING
AND I SURE AS
HELL DIDN'T
MEAN TO STAY
I WAS ON MY WAY
BACK TO LOUISIANA
I HAD A POWERFUL
THIRST AND
SIX MONTHS PAY
I MET A PEROXIDE
BLONDE IN A BAR
ON DEVILLE
I WAS FLYING HIGH
AND WAS FEELING MEAN
POURED DOWN A BOTTLE
AND A HALF OF RED EYE
I DROPPED THIRTY
FIVE DOLLARS IN
THE SLOT MACHINE
AND THE BOYS IN
THE BACK WAS DEALING
SEVEN CARD
I SAT DOWN AND WON
ME A HUNDRED AND TEN
I WAS RAKING IN CHIPS
LIKE GRANT TOOK
RICHMOND
TILL BIG JOHN
LEE COME 'A
STROLLING IN
HE RIPPED OFF
THE TABLE
LIKE A SEVEN 'O SEVEN
PRETTY SOON HE
DONE WON ALL OF
MY BREAD
I ACCUSED HIM OF
CHEATING HE REACHED
FOR A PISTOL
I GRABBED A CHAIR
AND WENT UPSIDE
OF HIS HEAD
THEN I TOOK OFF
'A RUNNING LIKE
A MOTORCYCLE
BOODEN BOODEN
HEARD THE BULLETS
WHINING AND
SIRENS WAIL
BUT IT TOOK HALF
THE COPS IN
DALLAS COUNTY
JUST TO PUT ONE
COON ASS BOY IN JAIL
SO CALL UP TRUDY
ON THE TELEPHONE
SEND HER A LETTER
IN THE MAIL
TELL HER I'M HUNG
UP IN DALLAS
AND THEY WON'T LET
ME OUTTA THIS JAIL
AND IF SHE ASKS
YOU HOW I'M 'A
FARING
TELL HER I'M
JUST ABOUT
TO LOSE MY MIND
WORRIED ABOUT
OLD JOHNNY LEE WALKER
AND THE GIRL I
LEFT BEHIND
CALL UP TRUDY ON
THE TELEPHONE
SEND HER A LETTER
IN THE MAIL
TELL HER I'M 'A
HUNG UP IN DALLAS
AND THEY WON'T LET
ME OUTTA THIS JAIL
AND IF SHE ASKS
YOU HOW I'M 'A
FARING
TELL HER I'M
JUST ABOUT
TO LOSE MY MIND
WORRIED ABOUT
OLD JOHNNY LEE WALKER
AND THE GIRL I
LEFT BEHIND