Change Yer Ways

As I was drivin Early in the morning A forgotten song Came on the radio The dam burst open And I was flooded By the memory of a girl I used to know Now I been sittin' (I been sittin) Out on my back porch (Out on my back porch) And I been drinkin (I been drinkin) For a couple'a days (Couple'a days) And I been thinkin (I been thinkin) 'Bout that woman ('Bout that woman) Wonderin' if she finally gone and changed her ways Like the way she drank her whiskey from a teacup So respectable out on the front porch swing Or the way she dyed her hair, sittin' in her easy chair Oh my darlin, don't you ever change a thing Now I got a buddy (I got a buddy) Who knows somebody (Knows somebody) Who heard somebody say that she was movin' on (Movin' on) She's gone out west (Gone out west) And met somebody (Met somebody) In Alberta, or maybe Saskatchewan Now ain't it funny (Ain't it funny) How the mind works (How the mind works) When you're thinking bout the way things used to be (Used to be) There ain't no fightin' (Ain't no fightin) There ain't no teardrops (Ain't no teardrops) Only shows us the things we wanna see Like the way she'd like to hold her breath, and listen To the croakin of the froggies in the spring Or the way she'd light my smoke, and she'd laugh at her own joke Oh my darlin, don't you ever change a thing Now I ain't one (I ain't one) For idle gossip (For idle gossip And I ain't one (I ain't one) To hold a grudge (Hold a grudge) I just hope as her new fella gets to know her He won't be Too quick to judge Like at night when she rolls over with the blankets Or how she doesn't need to know the words to sing Or how when she goes away, everything can seem so grey Oh my darlin, don't you ever change a thing Oh my darlin, don't you ever change a thing Oh my darlin, don't you ever change a thing