Mama died when I was born that July Daddy took to drinkin' long before he died Grandma kept me up until her passin' Somebody's always leavin' I met Betty Jo at school for orphans In those two years we saw each other often A car wreck took her life before our wedding Somebody's always leavin' Susan Johnson left me three good children They say the man she left with went to prison God knows I done my best to try to raise them Somebody's always leavin' Six years ago Susie called from Ireland Mary Jane sent me a card from Whelan The telegram said my son died for freedom Somebody's always leavin' They say that barroom brawl was all my doin' They knifed my pal, that's when I started shootin' The only friend I had laid there bleedin' Somebody's always leavin' This cell ain't big, but it's big enough for thinkin' This bedsheet makes a roll, that's what I'm makin' When they find me I'm quite sure there'll be no weepin' Somebody's always leavin' Somebody's always leavin'