The song Mean Eyed Cat is performed by Johnny Cash in the album named The Complete Sun Recordings 1955-1958 in the year 2005 .
I give my woman half my money at the general store
I said, "Now buy a little groceries, and don't spend no more"
But she gave ten dollars for a ten cent hat
And bought some store bought cat food for that mean eyed cat
When I woke up this mornin' and I turned my head
There wasn't a cotton pickin' thing on her side of the bed
I found a little old note where her head belonged
It said, "Dear John, honey, baby, I'm long gone"
When I heard a whistle blowin', and the big wheels a-turnin'
I was scared as I could be
But I put on my overalls and I headed to town
Gonna bring her back with me
I asked the man down at the station if he'd seen her there
I told him all about her pretty eyes and long, blond hair
He spit his tobacco, said, "I'll be dad blamed
I believe I did see her leavin' on the east bound train"
I bought a round trip ticket on the east bound train
I was broke as I could be
But when I come back and gotta buy another ticket
Gonna bring her back with me
Well, I got off the train somewhere in Arkansas
And I worked up the guts to call my mother-in-law
She said, "I'll tell you where she is, if you act right"
"She's workin' four to twelve at trucker's world tonight"
Well when I walked in she saw me, and she took off her apron
And she grabbed her goin' home hat
She bought a ticket with her tips and now we're curled up on the sofa
Me and her and that mean eyed cat
Johnny Cash - The Complete Sun Recordings 1955-1958
- Wide Open Road
- Hey Porter
- Cry, Cry, Cry
- My Two Timin’ Woman
- Port of Lonely Hearts
- I Couldn’t Keep from Crying
- Trail to Mexico
- Folsom Prison Blues
- So Doggone Lonesome
- Mean Eyed Cat
- Luther Played the Boogie
- Get Rhythm
- I Walk the Line
- Train of Love
- There You Go
- I Love You Because
- Goodbye Little Darlin’
- Straight A’s in Love
- You’re My Baby
- My Treasure
- Next in Line
- Don’t Make Me Go
- Give My Love to Rose
- Home of the Blues
- Rock Island Line
- Wreck of the Old 97
- Country Boy
- Doin’ My Time
- If the Good Lord’s Willing
- I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow
- I Was There When It Happened
- Remember Me
- Belshazzar
- Big River
- Goodnight Irene
- Ballad of a Teenage Queen
- Come in Stranger
- Guess Things Happen that Way
- Oh, Lonesome Me
- Leave that Junk Alone
- You’re the Nearest Thing to Heaven
- The Story of a Broken Heart
- Sugartime
- Born to Lose
- Always Alone
- You Tell Me
- Life Goes On
- You Win Again
- I Could Never Be Ashamed of You
- Hey, Good Lookin’
- I Can’t Help It
- Cold, Cold Heart
- Blue Train
- Katy Too
- The Ways of a Woman in Love
- Fools Hall of Fame
- Thanks a Lot
- It’s Just About Time
- I Forgot to Remember to Forget
- I Just Thought You’d Like to Know
- Down the Street to 301