Forty nine reasons All in a line All of them good ones All of them lies Driftin' with my lady We're oldest of friends Need a little work And there's fences to mend Steady girl, be my world' Til the drifter come, now she's gone I let that man play his hand I let them go, how was I to know? If I'm down on my knees, nobody left to please Now it's over They left in the spring Her and the drifter Looking for beautiful things Steady girl, be my world' Til the drifter come, now she's gone I let that man play his hand I let them go, how was I to know? I'm down on my knees, nobody left to please On my knees Feeling wrong Mama's gone, oh Bye-bye, baby Write if you think of it maybe Know I love you Go if it means that much to you Hey, but you can run, baby If the feeling's wrong before too long it's crazy And you're trapped, babe And you know that's not where it's at, baby You're just seein' things through a cat's eye, baby That's not my old lady Come on and tell me, baby You better tell me, baby Who do you? Who do you love? Time will tell us Who is trying to sell us Bye-bye, baby Write if you think of it maybe Hey, but you can run, baby If the feeling's wrong before too long it's crazy And you're trapped, babe And you know that's not where it's at, baby You're just seein' things through a cat's eye, baby That's not my old lady Come on and tell me, baby You better tell me, baby Who do you? Who do you love?