My pride`s still laying on your downstairs couch
My common sense never left my house
`Cause, honey, you`re the talk of the town
Had to see what they were talking about

`Cause I heard about your reputation, babe
I heard the story
You ran through Memphis, then you rode away
Now even I can say

I heard you got engaged and said it wasn`t meant to be
So why you staring at me, swearing that you`ll marry me?
He likes `em young, I was twenty-three
When I met the heartbrеaker from Tennessee

My dignity`s in thе hotel bed
My self-control, I don`t know where that went
It`s probably tangled up in the sheets
All my friends would be ashamed of me

`Cause I know about your reputation, baby
Now I`m the star of the story
Headline on the cover page
Now even I can say

I heard you got engaged and said it wasn`t meant to be
So why you staring at me, swearing that you`ll marry me?
He likes `em young, I was twenty-three
When I met the heartbreaker from Tennessee

It`s funny how I swore I`d make a hero out of you
I hate to say that everything they said would turn out true
I fell in love, I was twenty-three
When I met the heartbreaker, I met the heartbreaker
I met the heartbreaker from Tennessee