I’D RATHER BE
(Cindy Walker)

Ernest Tubb & his Texas Troubadours - 1959



I'd Rather Be in a dirty old jailhouse
Wearing a ball and a chain
Than be with a girl who don’t love me
Chained by a wedding ring

I'd rather be just an old lonesome hobo
Riding the rails where they whine
Than stay with a girl who don’t want me
And lets me know it all the time

And so you’re free you can go were you want to
I wouldn’t stand in you way
If you don’t want me I don’t want you
And there’s nothing else left to say

I'd Rather Be in my grave six feet under
Shaded by some faithful tree
Than be with a girl who’s unfaithful
And that’s what you’d rather be

Ah Buddy Edmonds now
(Instrumentals)

And so you’re free you can go were you want to
I wouldn’t stand in you way
If you don’t want me I don’t want you
And there’s nothing else left to say

Because I'd Rather Be in my grave six feet under
Shaded by some faithful tree
Than be with a girl who’s unfaithful
And that’s what you’d Rather Be


(Contributed by lylemalone - April 2006)