The Only One Who Knows

Duration

4:51

Genres

Folk

Description

Lyrics

The Only One Who Knows Tucker’s leaving town again I ain’t surprised, but still its such a shame To know he’ll never win He was born with a bottle in his hand And an urge for roaming that he could not kill His daddy put it there When he beat him up with words The old man treated him feel like dirt So Tucker dealt him a left one night, then Took to the road for a year to spite him I am the only one who knows Tucker was so wild and free From childhood sweethearts to the bended knee That rebel married me And we were happy for a while Till the factory closed where he was doing time On the assembly line So he drank till he’d forget Those words his old man said How he would never amount to nothing End up alone with no one to love him I am the only one who knows That I loved him up And I loved him down Even loved him when he weren’t around But I realized there was no counting on him (Chorus) I couldn’t hold on When I said my love was dying He never knew that I was lying I am the only one who knows The babies came and things got worse He couldn’t hold a job to save his life or us That was Tucker’s curse So he got his old man’s shotgun down And robbed the liquor store in a neighboring town But he was found out Ten months in the county jail Ten months of living Hell When he got out he took off again, then Turned up one night in the pouring rain What could I do but let it go? I swear that I gave it all I had To keep that man in line But with mouths to feed And the love I couldn’t find God only knows I had to let him go I had to let him go (Chorus) Tucker's leaving town again I ain't surprised, but still its such a shame To know he'll never win