Tom T. Hall - The Three Sofa Story lyrics

[Verse 1:] I was sittin' and drinkin' in an old friend's apartment On the westside of Nashville one night And in his apaprtment he had these three sofas He had two too many all right I said buddy tell me about these three sofas And start with that black on there first He said there's story in each of the sofas But give me a minute for quenchin' my thirst He said now that first one is a good one for sleepin' I got that one from my first wife She left me half crazy took all of the babies And drove off to Houston one night Well I did as I pleased and I said what I thought And it drove her right out of her mind So many abuses and no damn excuses I've often been told that I'm one of that kind Now that second sofa I got that from a pal Who was broke and was headed back home He was ram cut and rusty boozed out and dusty And I got that thing for a song On long winter evenings I'd sit on that sofa And listened what that fella sing While I could do without it but there's something about it That makes me believe the attentions to the thing That third one right out there there's a story about it I got that one from my second wife A middle aged lady with money to spend I guess she was the love of my life Now I like I never got that damn thing in here Cause it don't seem to fit any house It's oblong and shapeless it's ugly and tasteless But I got it in here and I'll get it out I thanked him for tellin' the three sofa story I yawned and I said my goodnight And on my way home I considered the safas And how they were part of his life Buddies and sweethearts the winners and losers Kept conjuring up in my mind And it's all in the tellin' of the three sofa story Just one of the places where I've done my time