well here comes the story baby that i want you all to know bought what brought me down what got me feeling low started off one day and took off down the road seeking my fame and fortune and trying to tote the load chorus one man s loss is another man s gain one man s pleasure is another man s pain i left my woman in jacksonville and took off down the line she had her way of thinking and lord knows i had mine she could not take the pain of me not being home couldn t take the pain baby of staying all alone chorus one man s loss is another man s gain one man s pleasure is another man s pain now when i left this town it was for her and for me now i m home all alone with a paper that says i m free i guess i ll hit the road again and do what i do best to hell with her to hell with him to hell with all the rest chorus one man s loss is another man s gain one man s pleasure is another man s pain chorus one man s loss is another man s gain one man s pleasure is another man s pain now tell me people who s to blame 