It's mighty still and dark,
the place is shut down
There's one small light on
out around the back
I need to talk to Dolores before I leave town
If she'll just open
up the door and crack
Next thing I know I'm look
in' down a shotgun
So close up I can even see the shell
She said, get lost, you no good bum
One false move, I'll send you back to hell
I used to love Dolores best
Way much more than all the rest
Until she went and tried to tie me down
What does she stake to claim on me?
She's always been so wild and free
I come to say goodbye,
I'm leavin' town
She won't let me in,
that's comprehended
One thing she makes very, very clear
That our discussion won't
be open -ended
Nothin' I can say she wants to hear
Say what you have to say and make it brief
He who cheats at love is twice a thief
If you don't know,
no one can tell you
Love is blind and you're past all belief
Went to see my other darling
I could hear a big dog snarling
Maybe that's the midnight
train from Memphis
I'd like to be on the train and go
Wild and free by the crack of dawn
No need to trim my lawn or mend my fences
I got nothin' to say in my defense
Juanita
I just come by to say I'm leavin' home
I know you've been complainin'
how I treat you
It's about high time that
I took off to roam
Don't go gettin' weepy over me, no, no
I ain't worth a teardrop in the snow
I'm not unless I'm livin'
wild an d free
I'm only comin' to tell
you so you know
Don't you throw no stones at me
Just because I'm wild and free
A better way nobody ever showed me
Music, women, liberty
Everything that comes to me
I accept without apology
When it's time to settle down
Maybe I'll be back around
Maybe I'll just crumble where I fall
Gave her cheats and love, she said,
as twice as beef sticks in my head
I can't figure what she meant at all