Well, he gave me fair warnin', he said let him alone But I'd had one too many and refuse to go home Then I said somethin' awful and then so did he And he hit me and it hurt and my eyes couldn't see Hard, hard headed me I spoke out of turn once too often I'd be better off in my coffin Hard headed me Well, she gave me fair warnin', many times my wife said She said, if you aim to keep me, quit your fool hearty ways I said, now listen woman, you better leave me alone How long is forever that's how long she'll be gone Hard, hard headed me I spoke out of turn once too often I'd be better off in my coffin Hard headed me Then they gave me fair warnin', all the folks in my town They said, if you ain't gonna straighten up, we're gonna expel one clown I said, now just a minute here, you can't do me this way How far is it to the next town, I'm walking that way Hard, hard headed me Well, I spoke out of turn once too often I'd be better off in my coffin Hard headed me