Well, he?s gone to find his way again   Said he?s lost his only friend   He?s got a jar of cash to spend   He?s runnin' off just like he done before      And he made his stop down at the track   Sold his favorite leather hat   Told the man he won?t be back   And rounded out an old unsettled score      But ooh, this ain?t the first time   That I?ve been left behind      Well, I?d cook his lunch and wash his clothes   He?d tend the fence and shoot the crows   And somewhere in there we got close   They say a handy man is hard to find      Well, he bought the farm, I sold my car   He left me with a silver scar   He?s colder then a steel guitar   He always warned he ain?t the lovin' kind      I told him ooh, this ain?t the first time   That I?ve been left behind      Well, some days I cry like a child   Other days I ramble wild   He?s got me so goddamn beguiled   And I don?t even know his middle name      He?s been lost and found before   But I?ve stopped waitin' by the door   But I still love him to the core   I only wish that he could do the same      But ooh, this ain?t the first time   That I?ve been left behind      Well, he don?t call and he don?t write   He slips on in after midnight   I never turn off my porch light   He always finds his way back to my place      And I never asked him for a ring   He gave this old song to sing   And helped himself to everythin'   And now I?m here without a speck of grace      But ooh, this ain?t the first time   That I?ve been left behind, left behind