One...two...three...four The last
time I saw her she
was waving me goodbye
She swore no other boy
would take my place
I took a Mississip pi Queen through
New Orleans and down the Bayou
I hoped to find my destiny,
my fortune and my face
Please tell her that I said hello
Explain to her I didn't want to go
But a message from her daddy said
He's gonna see me dead
And if I can get out now,
she'll never know
She'll never know, never know
I stayed around,
I played around with all those Southern belles
But they took away my
money and my pride
I had no place to go--and the the
rest you know darn well
Living out the guttar ain't
so easy to describe
But I still had my guitar,
so I joined a dirty band
Working in a smoky downtown bar
When comes along this big wheel
with a contract in his hand
Said, 'put your mark along here boy
I'm gonna make you a Rock
'n' Roll star'
Please tell her that I said hello
Explain to her I didn't want to go
But a message from her daddy said
He's gonna see me dead
And if I can get out now,
she'll never know
Never know, never know
Well the years have come and gone
And I was passing through to find
That my home town was still
the same to see
Well, the memory I had of her had
crumbled from my mind
I really didn't think she'd still
be waiting here for me
Please tell her that I said hello
Explain to her I didn't want to go
But a message from her daddy said
He's gonna see me dead
And if I can get out now,
she'll never know
She'll never know,
never know
If I can get out now,
she'll never know
Never know, never know
Never know, never know