TELL OL' I AIN'T HERE HE BETTER GET ON HOME
(Wayne Kemp)


Moe Bandy & Joe Stampley - 1979





Well, I was playin' the pinball, prayin' for a ten ball
A-cussin' that ol' machine
With a couple o' girls a-hangin' on my back
Then the phone started ringin' and Moe started screamin'
Hey Joe, it's your old lady and she's mad
She let her fingers do the walkin' till she's found out where you're at

(And she said) Tell ol' I ain't here he better get on home
Or else he's gonna find me and the baby gone
If I have to come down after him, he's gonna wish he'd a-come to the phone
So tell ol' I ain't here he better get on home

(Instrumental Break)

Well, the good Lord knows I love her, but she don't understand
Just how much I love this ol' honky tonk atmosphere
But when the telephone starts to ringin', it scares the hell right out of her man
And I holler out loud, "If that's for me, Moe, tell her I ain't here"

(But she said) Tell ol' I ain't here he better get on home
Or else he's gonna find me and the baby gone
If I have to come down after him, he's gonna wish he'd a-come to the phone
So tell ol' I ain't here he better get on home
So tell ol' I ain't here he better get on home






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - March 2013)