EVERY TIME I TRUST A GAL
(Lew DeWitt)


The Statler Brothers - 1972


(He was born on the 12th of March and the winds did blow)
Since then ill winds still follow me ev'rywhere I go
(He's been broke in ev'ry state and ev'ry major town)
And ev'ry time I trust a gal she lets me down

(He sized up a little bank in Logansvale)
Then I got to thinking 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 ev'ry time I trust a gal she lets me down

Ev'ry joy I've known has turned to pain
If I pick me up they'll come along and knock me down again

(He's gambled away ev'ry cent he ever made)
If I fill my inside straight somebody else is holding spades
(He's been unfit and unqualified for every job he's found)
And ev'ry time I trust a gal she lets me down

Ev'ry love I've known has passed me by
I'll never learn cause I guess I've been passed by a 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 always be till they put him in the ground)
Yeah, and ev'ry time I trust a gal she lets me down
Ev'ry time I trust a gal she lets me down







(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - July 2011)