One for the Money

She left me in the rain in the breakdown lane Now I'm hitching through Arkansas Making my way up to Nashville, someday I'm gonna be a star. Yeah Buddy!

Sold a couple pints at the Blood Bank When I hit Mississippi Stumbled in to the Relax Inn Off the four lane in Yazoo City

There was a bullfrog in the swimming pool Sitting on a lily pad And an empty baggie and a blowtorch Somebody left under the bed

Guess a Tater log and a chili dog Will do me for another day I had a pint of gin and a big old grin as I was leaving the Circle K

It's one for the money, nothing to show Three to get ready now, nowhere to go I ain't got no job, I'm flat broke Down at the bottom, living on the road

When i get to Nashville Where the Honky-tonk angels sing And the streets are paved with Rhinestones I'll be living the American dream

At the top of the hill in my Coupe de Ville Singing about tear stained letters In my Nudie suit and my snakeskin boots Hell bent for leather

I'll be laying around, drinking doubles Writing hit songs about all my troubles Number one on the radio On world tour, playing stadium shows

In a hot tub with a big cigar They'll be singing along at all the bars About how I love my pickup truck How rowdy i am when I get drunk

It's one for the money, nothing to show Three to get ready now, nowhere to go I ain't got no job, I'm flat broke Down at the bottom, living on the road

The Master Plan's to stick it to the Man In the gears of the big machine Boss man can you spare an Abraham For a biscuit and a little caffeine

She left me in the rain in the breakdown lane Now I'm hitching through Arkansas Making my way up to Nashville someday I'm gonna be a star. Yeah Buddy!

It's one for the money, nothing to show Three to get ready now, nowhere to go I ain't got no job, I'm flat broke Down at the bottom, living on the road

Ralph Goodson 2-7-2026