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Jim, I Wore a Tie

by Don Edwards

on West Of Yesterday (1996)

Jim, I wore a tie today
The first one that I ever wore
And you'd have said I looked like a dummy
Out of a dry goods store

And Jim, the Preacher said a lot of things
But I didn't hear a word that he said
My mind kept wanderin' back down the trail
Back to the times that we had

Riding herd through sun and the rain
Panning for gold on the cuff
We did everything in the books I guess
And a lot that they never thought up

And Jim, so you're ridin' on ahead
I guess that's how it's got to be
When you reach those streets paved with gold
Jim, stake a claim out for me

Howdy Jim,
I guess you know I done everything I could do
But it was your fever, it just wouldn't die down
So I tied your horse to the wagon bed
And last night I, bring you to town
But when I got here, you's gone Jim
There wasn't nothing nobody could do
I went and bought you a suit and a tie, Jim
And today, I'm wearing one too

Riding herd through sun and the rain
Panning for gold on the cuff
We did everything in the books I guess
And a lot that they never thought up

Jim, so you're ridin' on ahead
I guess that is how it has to be
When you reach those streets paved with gold
Jim, stake a claim out for me
When you reach those streets paved with gold
Jim, stake a claim out for me