dr hook
what a way to go
I met him in Seattle, he was gettin' down on a bottle Telling lies in the Blue Moon Bar His face was hard and travelled, and as the wine unravelled I saw a man who could laugh about his scars He said, I got shanghaied in Vegas by a painted woman I got hog-tied by a hustler in Ohio I got derailed by a dancer down in Dallas Oh Lord, he said, women gonna be the death of me but what a way to go He said a girl named Nancy, once tickled his fancy And backed it up with a fifty dollar smile He laughed when he remembered, the pain of sweet surrender But heartaches never seemed to cramp his style He said, I got tongue-tied by a teacher in Tallahassee I got french-fried by a waitress in Idaho I got way-laid by a widow in Wyoming Oh Lord, he said, women gonna be the death of me but what a way to go