well he gave me fair warning he said let him alone but i d had one too many and refuse to go home then i said somethin awful and then so did he and he hit me and hurt me and my eyes couldn t see hard hard headed me i spoke out of turn once too often i d be better off in my coffin hard headed me well she gave me fair warning many times my wife said she said if you aim to keep me quit your fool hearty ways i said now listen woman you better leave me alone how long is forever that s how long she ll be gone hard hard headed me then they gave me fair warning all the folks in my town they said if you ain t gonna straighten up we re gonna expell one clown i said now just a minute here you can t do me this way how far is to the next town i m walking that away hard hard headed me 