I met him in Seattle, he was gettin' down on a bottle   Telling lies in the Blue Moon Bar   His face was hard and travelled, and as the wine unravelled   I saw a man who could laugh about his scars      He said, I got shanghaied in Vegas by a painted woman   I got hog-tied by a hustler in Ohio   I got derailed by a dancer down in Dallas   Oh Lord, he said, women gonna be the death of me but what a way to go      He said a girl named Nancy, once tickled his fancy   And backed it up with a fifty dollar smile   He laughed when he remembered, the pain of sweet surrender   But heartaches never seemed to cramp his style      He said, I got tongue-tied by a teacher in Tallahassee   I got french-fried by a waitress in Idaho   I got way-laid by a widow in Wyoming   Oh Lord, he said, women gonna be the death of me but what a way to go      He said, I got shanghaied in Vegas by a painted woman   I got hog-tied by a hustler in Ohio   I got derailed by a dancer down in Dallas   Oh Lord, he said, women gonna be the death of me but what a way to go