Don Edwards - Jim, I Wore a Tie lyrics

Jim, I wore a tie today The first one that I ever wore And you'd have said I looked like a dummy Out of a dry goods store And Jim, the Preacher said a lot of things But I didn't hear a word that he said My mind kept wanderin' back down the trail Back to the times that we had Riding herd through sun and the rain Panning for gold on the cuff We did everything in the books I guess And a lot that they never thought up And Jim, so you're ridin' on ahead I guess that's how it's got to be When you reach those streets paved with gold Jim, stake a claim out for me Howdy Jim, I guess you know I done everything I could do But it was your fever, it just wouldn't die down So I tied your horse to the wagon bed And last night I, bring you to town But when I got here, you's gone Jim There wasn't nothing nobody could do I went and bought you a suit and a tie, Jim And today, I'm wearing one too Riding herd through sun and the rain Panning for gold on the cuff We did everything in the books I guess And a lot that they never thought up Jim, so you're ridin' on ahead I guess that is how it has to be When you reach those streets paved with gold Jim, stake a claim out for me When you reach those streets paved with gold Jim, stake a claim out for me