You ask me how long 
I've been drinkin' and livin' this honky tonk life 
Well listen girls 
I'll tell you my story 
I'm a mother that was once a happy wife 
I'm a girl just like so many others neither good nor bad maybe a girl like you 
And just think what for the grace of 
God in heaven 
It could have in your heart stop of broke in two 
I'm a girl that's left without a future and the baby boy that has his daddy's name 
And the baby look up like his daddy but another woman wears my wedding ring [ steel - piano - guitar ] 
I'm a girl that's left without a future...