I once had a woman so fair and fine
the greatest thing I've ever known
but I gave up the greatest thing I've ever had
for the sound of a honky tonk song
Well I hit the road and left her all a lone
and now I wish I could turn back time
back to when she was home but now she?s gone
and it's nobody?s fault but mine
cause she never did nothin to make me push her away
she never did nothin wrong
she never did nothin but love me to death
and now she ain't nothin but gone
don't nothin sound better than a guitar tuned good
base fiddle and voice right on key
ex cept for the sound of her sweet soft voice
when she?d smile and say she loves me
but I gave her away for a song and a stage
and now a crowd and lights are all I see
but when the curtain comes down my life turns dark
and once a gain I sink in miser y
cause she never did nothin to make me push her away
she never did nothin wrong
she never did nothin but love me to death
and now she ain't nothin but gone
No she never did nothin but love me to death
and now she ain't nothin but gone