Jude Cole - First Your Money (Then Your Clothes) Lyrics

I left home on a southbound train

One September in the pouring rain

A midnight flyer and a girl named Lori Rose

Mama said, "Son, it won't last

She'll be gone when you're out of cash"

Hey Mama, "I need a ride back home"

All your life, you run to love

You give your heart then it's not enough

But hey, baby, that's the way it goes, pull over

So Romeo in a GTO

Met Juliette at the drive-in show

Midnight dreaming down the Texas coast

We stopped to wish upon a star

She stole my breath, she stole my car

But hey, baby, it's just the way it goes

Every time that your heart breaks

You swear you won't make the same mistakes

But hey, baby, that's the way it goes

First your money, then your clothes

Then you clothes

Oh, no, love ain't cheap

There's a toll booth up on lover's leap

Sweet romance, take a chance

Come and dance with me

I'm riding out on a southbound train

Just a Romeo in the pouring rain

But hey, baby, that's the way it goes

First your money, then your clothes

Slow down, slow down now

Oh, yeah, hey , slow down, slow down

Slow down, just low down

When you roll out 'cause I'm low down now

Oh, yeah, said, "Hey, slow down when you roll down

'Cause I'm low down now"