Every Time I Trust a Gal

(Lew DeWitt)



He was born on the twelfth of March and the winds did blow

Since then ill winds still follow me everywhere I go

He's been broke in every state and every major town

And every time I trust a gal she lets me down.



He sized up a little bank in Logansdale

Then I got ta thinkin' and I lost my nerve and threw my gun away

They caught him down by the railroad track and run him out of town

And every time I trust a gal she lets me down.



Every joy I've known has turned to pain

If I pick me up they'll come along and knock me down again.



He's gambeled away every cent he ever made

If I fill my inside straight somebody else is holdin' spades

He's been unfit and unqualified for every job he's found

And every time I trust a gal she lets me down.



Every love I've known has passed me by

I'll never learn 'cause I guess I've been passed five thousand times.



So he turns to the open road and shrugs his mind

With an empty feelin' and a lonely heart without a single dime

And we know that's how it'll be till they put him in the ground

Yeah, and every time I trust a gal she lets me down



Every time I trust a gal she lets me down...