What A Way To Go Lyrics - A Little Bit More: The Collection - Dr. Hook

(B. David/J. Rushing) 

I met him in Seattle, he was gettin' down on a bottle 

Telling lies in the Blue Moon Bar 

His face was hard and travelled, and as the wine unravelled 

I saw a man who could laugh about his scars 

He said, I got shanghaied in Vegas by a painted woman 

I got hog-tied by a hustler in Ohio 

I got derailed by a dancer down in Dallas 

Oh Lord, he said, women gonna be the death of me but what a way to go 

He said a girl named Nancy, once tickled his fancy 

And backed it up with a fifty dollar smile 

He laughed when he remembered, the pain of sweet surrender 

But heartaches never seemed to cramp his style 

He said, I got tongue-tied by a teacher in Tallahassee 

I got french-fried by a waitress in Idaho 

I got way-laid by a widow in Wyoming 

Oh Lord, he said, women gonna be the death of me but what a way to go 

He said, I got shanghaied in Vegas by a painted woman 

I got hog-tied by a hustler in Ohio 

I got derailed by a dancer down in Dallas 

Oh Lord, he said, women gonna be the death of me but what a way to go 

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