every guy i know trying to get ahead working two jobs til you re almost dead work your fingers right down to the bone there s a cat named jody sneaking around in your home there s a cat named jody in every town spending lots of cash and just riding around ride on jody ride on ride on with your bad self jody the ashes in your ashtray footprints on your carpet while you work all day he even got the nerve to sleep in your bed sit down at the table eat your bread when you get home after working hard all day jody s got your girl and he don t play i said ain t no sense in going home jody s got your girl and gone  ain t no sense in going home jody s got your girl and gone i tell you jody s got your girl and gone when you discover your gross neglect itll be too late to give your woman respect you ll hunt down jody ten thousand dollar reward for jody s hide ain t no sense in going home jody s got your girl and gone