And you've been in some trouble, since we went our separate ways
Now here you're showin' up again and talk is gettin' round
'Cause you're wanted by the police and my wife thinks you're dead
'Cause you're wanted by the police and my wife thinks you're dead

Go find another ex-sweetheart to hang around instead
So goodbye to you baby, I'm glad we got to talk
And I can see the kind of trouble you could get me in

I said, "You're wanted by the police, and my wife thinks you're dead"
But I'm faithful to my wife and I don't ever break the law
If you think that I want trouble, then you're crazy in your head
Nobody knew what happened, where you been for all these years

'Cause you're wanted by the police and my wife thinks you're dead
Somebody spread the rumor, that you had lost your life
You better pay attention to every word I said
And I can see that one of us will have to leave this town

But things are really different now, since the good old days
You never called or wrote me, just up and disappeared
I don't know where you're headed for, but I know where you been
Now trouble's what you're lookin' like 'cause trouble's where you've been

We'll have to say hello, maybe some other time instead
'Cause you're wanted by the police, and my wife thinks you're dead
We reminisced, now let's just go our separate ways again
Least that's the way I heard it and what I told my wife