I heard my friend declare
“So long total stranger
But remember when I saved your life
Then said, “I supposed
I'd like to have a little loan”
So I offered her a seat"
My friend said let's go huntin'
"Now, I couldn't leave this lady
We'd taken all the nightclubs
I really ought to tell you
Just a standin' on the floor
She's just a total stranger
And found me standing there
As he opened wide the door
Who came in off the streets
I can't seem to recall
“He's just a total stranger
The laws they do ignore
"I'd really like to help you out”
And found where I was at
Now I'd like to ask a favor
She must have smelled a rat
And gave them all to me
That the huntin' season's closed”
And my bills were way behind
Well, I'd court her on the sly
Before I had a chance to talk
I've got the gun and chills
Are you absolutely certain
About that time he heard a noise
Well, there we were all cuddled up
He took the gun, shelled some birds
Now once I had a girlfriend
I hate to be so bold
He killed a half a dozen
If you can see your way
Shoot those birds out of the sky”
I was sort of short on cash
I saw this total stranger
An old man now by trade
That I've never seen before”
So I went to see my life long friend
And honky tonk around
And he ducked behind a tree
Down at the swimming hole
And then I heard him say
Like this total stranger
“It's a shame the way some people
I knew that I was dead
But before my wife could say a word
I jumped right up and said
I said, “Old pal, I need your help
“She's just a total stranger
That I've never seen before”
I figured it's how he had help me out
And when the wife was out of town
That we've ever met at all?"
“Excuse me total stranger
But then one night my wife came home
The birds are really flyin'
And really do the town
Up stepped the old game warden
And I was passing by
She looked around from place to place
With his fortune he had made
Who really caught my eye
The place is kinda crowded
And I think we'll do quite well
Join at all the parties
