Love ’em and leave ’em kiss ’em and grieve ’em
That used to be my motto so high
‘Til my Sophronie left me so lonely
And now there’s a teardrop in my eye

My Sophronie’s from Kentucky she’s found another man
I can’t even kiss her can’t even hold her hand
The moon we used to love beneath is still up in the sky
But now I’m just a hotshot with a teardrop in my eye

‘Til Gabriel blows his bugle I’ll be loving that sweet girl
She means more to me than the whole wide world
I used to be a killer with the women me oh my
But now I’m just a hot shot with a teardrop in my eye

I used to slay the pretty girls from Maine to Alabam’
I loved them very much at first and then I let them down
I seen so many pretty eyes and filled with bitter tears
Find ’em and forget them but now I have my fears

[1] Love ’em and leave ’em [4] kiss ’em and grieve ’em
[5] That used to be my [1] motto so high
‘Til my Sophronie [4] left me so lonely
[5] And now there’s a teardrop in my [1] eye

My Sophronie’s from Kentucky she’s found another man
I can’t even kiss her can’t even hold her hand
The moon we used to love beneath is still up in the sky
But now I’m just a hotshot with a teardrop in my eye

‘Til Gabriel blows his bugle I’ll be loving that sweet girl
She means more to me than the whole wide world
I used to be a killer with the women me oh my
But now I’m just a hot shot with a teardrop in my eye

I used to slay the pretty girls from Maine to Alabam’
I loved them very much at first and then I let them down
I seen so many pretty eyes and filled with bitter tears
Find ’em and forget them but now I have my fears