Carla

An empty house is hard to bear

Lonesome's fallin' everywhere

Without you, there's no light comin' in

That lucky dog jumped the fence

Ain't seen him 'round here since

And I don't guess I ever will again

It didn't bother me any, I was good to that dog

And, just like you, I'm going to have to learn to let him go

Leavin' me was one thing, Carla

Why'd you have to leave so slow?

Slow and shifty backin' out

You were tryin' to fill my head with doubt

You nearly had me walkin' out on you

About the oldest trick to be

Playin' on someone as old as me

That cannot be the best that you can do, mm-mm

It didn't bother me any when he come around

I just wish I hadn't had to be the last guy in town to know

I didn't mind you walkin' away

What hurt was how you walked so slow

You know, you go

Hoo-ooh-ooh-ooh

You know that that was so underhanded

Grabbin' him just as you landed

After holdin' me the whole time you fell

You tell me he'll be good to you

Who wouldn't be? What else is new?

Now all that I can do is wish you well

It wouldn't-a bothered me any if you'd left me when you wanted to

But you just had to wait till you had some place better to go

Leavin' me was one thing, Carla

Why'd you have to leave so slow?

I didn't mind you walkin' away

What hurt was how you walked so slow