hey once i was a honky tonkin talk of the town riding high up in my bad chevrolet had seven pretty woman lord hanging on me a kissing one for every day aw but look at me now my women s left town and a buck is getting hard to come by yes i must confess my life s a big mess i m so low i could lay down and die well you never know just how good you ve got it till you ain t got it no more you never know just how high you re flyin till you fall straight down on the floor all i can do now is just to moan the blues and dream about what i had before you never know just how good you ve got it till you ain t got it no more yeah uh huh instrumental lookout now oh the first time in my ramblin life true love finally fell in my hands but it s impossible to love just one with another on the other end hey i begged her to stay but she left anyway i lost her and she s to hard to find what else can i do some you win some you lose but i think i lost a good one this time well you just don t know how good you ve got it till you ain t got it no more you never no just how high you re flyin till you fall straight down on the floor all i do now is just to moan the blues and dream about what i had before you never know just how good you got it till you ain t got it no more hey you never know just how good you ve got it till you ain t got it no more 