Start Even

Start even, start even, that's all

Now, I ain't proud of my bad reputation

And it's a shame the way my past has been

Course you're gonna say I caused this situation

And this awful fix that I'm in

Well, I stumbled into some bad romances

And lost my balance, no doubt

I'm sort of a victim of circumstances

But I've got it all figured out

I'd like to wake up in the mornin'

And when the truth was told

They'd say Tex never donated nothin'

But then ol' Tex never stole

I'd just like to start even

Start even, that's all

I'd like to wake up in the mornin'

And say there's two things I never done

I ain't never fought with nobody

But then I ain't never run

I'd just like to start even

Start even, that's all

I'd like to wake up in the mornin'

Without a sweetheart or a wife

Or without some little gal hangin' 'round

Sayin' Tex done ruined her life

Wish I'd never made nobody happy

Made nobody sad

Got nobody tickled

Or made nobody mad

Then I could just start even

Start even, that's all

And then that's all

Now, I never dabbled in high society

Don't reckon I would if I could

I'm a little too good for the bad folks

And a-way too bad for the good

If I don't soon lose my misery

I'm gonna tell you one and all

One of these mornin's

I ain't gonna wake up at all

Then I can just start even

Start even, that's all

(That's all, that's all)