Well, I'll tell a tale of Isabel   And that boy that she loved so   And that cheatin' man that they let go      He would come home when the sun would rise   If he'd ever came at all   And he'd tell a story, talk talk talk      Well, She gonna wait all night   'Cause she's a faithful wife   And that man is doing wrong, wrong, wrong      I can see that you've been cryin' by the dampness of your face   For a moment let me plead my case      I was booked for drunk in public and six or seven counts   of loitering and my misdoubts      Well I plead and I plead   Every word that I said   Made that ol' judge just gave me home      I sat next to a crazy man   Tellin' Tales of Vietnam   And he'd wouldn't leave my ass alone      Well I tried and I tried   And I cried and I cried   But that ol' dog won't let me go      And I stood there thinking in my cell   About my boy and Isabel   And how I'm gonna change my life      Well I got a call from Ms. Long   She told me that you'd done me wrong   This boy and me are long, long gone   She saw you with that girl again   The one you said was just a friend   This friend of yours is half your age      Well I'm gonna wait all night   Cause I'm a faithful wife   And this boy and me are long long gone      She sat there with the coldest stare   The truth if forming in her hair   And her foot went through that hardwood floor      Well I know when you lied I could see it in your eyes      You looked surprised and I knew where you'd gone      la de la, la la la...       ooooh, oooh, na, na...