[Verse] I left with just a letter Stuffed it in my pocket Thought it would keep me better company Than the suitcase that I had With some water in a jug And a couple of hundred dollars That's all it took for me to run In that shady morning sun [Verse 2] The weather in July Is much too hot for sitting But the hitching post that I was at Was shady from a pine I wrote to let you know I didn't stay for long But I left my address on the back Of the paper that you gave me [Chorus] That afternoon I met you Said your name was Earl Well, I never got to know you 'Cause I thought you were gone [Verse 3] That morning I awoke To find a storm was coming So I packed my bags and hurried off Before the rain fell down But I think I was mistaken I guess I could have waited For you to get up, for us to head out In that shady morning sun [Verse 4] I don't know where you are now But it seems I'm back to where I started Though it's funny how life will do that And things will come around 'Cause I met a guy named Danny Who drove up from Tuscaloosa And when I told him where I was from He said he knew someone [Chorus] That afternoon I met you Said your name was Earl Well, I never got to know you 'Cause I thought you were gone [Bridge] Oh, that afternoon I met you Said your name was Earl Well, I never got to know you 'Cause I thought you were gone
