early this mornin without any warnin i took me a look at myself good god i seen how this married up life i been livin was tryin to choke me to death i laid on the bed with my gun to my head and i nearly bout ended it all but i come to myself just before i got killed and i blowed me some holes in the wall i m thinkin bout crankin my ragged old truck up and haulin myself into town i m thinkin bout raisin so much doggone much hell that i ll die fore i live it all down i lay round this place til i m blue in the face and i may as well be underground i m thinkin bout crankin my ragged old truck up and haulin myself into town a honky tonk man in a honky tonk band with a honky tonk girl on my arm i may be as ugly as an old mud rail fence but i m loaded with hillbilly charm that s right it s my life and no wife of mine s gonna tell me i can t go and have me some fun so before that old heffer drives back in from waco you can bet your rear end i ll be gone long gone i m thinkin bout crankin my ragged old truck up and haulin myself into town i m thinkin bout raisin so much doggone much hell that i ll die fore i live it all down i lay round this place til i m blue in the face and i may as well be underground i m thinkin bout crankin my ragged old truck up and haulin myself into town yeah i m thinkin bout crankin my ragged old truck up and haulin myself into town