Well he's gone to find his way again   He said he's lost his only friend   He's got a jar of cash to spend   He's running off just like he done before      And he made a stop down the track   He sold his favorite leather hat   He told the man he won't be back   And rounded out an old unsettled score      But oooh, this ain't the first time that I've been left behind      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      He bought the farm, I sold my car   He left me with a silver scar   He's colder then a steel guitar   He always said he ain't the loving kind      But I said oooh, 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      And he's been lost and found before   I've stopped waiting by the door   But I still love him to the core   I only wish that he could do the same      But oooh, 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 my place      And I never ask him for a ring   But he gave my this old song to sing   And helped himself to everything   And now I'm here without a speck of grace      But oooh, this ain't the first time that I've been left behind   Left behind