J J Cale Drifters Wife Lyrics

Drifters Wife Lyrics

Had me a woman down in Tennessee
Boy she used to love me
Free fever got me and I had to go
I never seen that woman no more
New York City is a place I been
I was there one time with a travellin` band
Young girl there wanted me to stay
I think she wanted me to pay
Roll it out, roll it in
Here we go down the road again
Drifters life is a drifters wife
Don`t say I didn`t tell you so
Travellin` man now he don`t know
Only what he hears on the radio
Politics and money don`t bother him
Only good lookin` women and a bottle of gin
Portland, Oregon, to the Mexican line
Boy let me tell you the women are fine
If you don`t hang around there very long
They`ll never ever know you`re gone