INTRO: C G C G C G You're too old to wrangle or ride on the swing C You beat the triangle and you curse everything F If dirt were a kingdom, then you'd be the king C G C F On the Goodnight Trail, on the Loving Trail CHORUS: C G Your old woman's lonesome tonight C G C F Your French harp blows like a low-bawling calf C G It's a wonder the wind don't tear off your skin C Get in there and blow out the light G With your snake oil and herbs and your liniments too C You can do anything that a doctor can do F Except find a cure for your own goddamn stew C G C F On the Goodnight Trail, on the Loving Trail CHORUS: C G Your old woman's lonesome tonight C G C F Your French harp blows like a low-bawling calf C G It's a wonder the wind don't tear off your skin C Get in there and blow out the light INSTRUMENTAL: C G C F C G C G Well, the campfire's gone out and the coffee's all gone C The boys are all up and they're raising the dawn F And you're sitting there, lost in a song C G C F On the Goodnight Trail, on the Loving Trail CHORUS: C G Your old woman's lonesome tonight C G C F Your French harp blows like a low-bawling calf C G It's a wonder the wind don't tear off your skin C Get in there and blow out the light INSTRUMENTAL: Am C Am C Am C F BRIDGE: Am C It's a wonder the wind Am C It's a wonder the wind Am C C It's a wonder the wind G Oh, it's someday, I'll be just the same C Wearing an apron instead of a name F There's no one can change it, there's no one to blame C G For the dessert's a book writ in lizards and sage C Easy to look like an old torn out page F Faded and cracked with the colours of age C G C F On the Goodnight Trail, on the Loving Trail CHORUS: C G Your old woman's lonesome tonight C G C F Your French harp blows like a low-bawling calf C G It's a wonder the wind don't tear off your skin C Get in there and blow out the light G It's a wonder the wind don't tear off your skin C Get in there and blow out the light N.C. (G) It's a wonder the wind don't tear off your skin Get in there and blow out the light