(Larry Gatlin)

Diesel smoke climbin' to the clear blue sky
I sit here wonderin' wanderin' why
I leave her everytime I love her.

Green grass growin' by picket fence
Lord, I just don't make no sense
But I leave her everytime I love her.

I guess it's just in my blood to roam
I ain't never had no permanent home
So I leave her everytime I love her

I guess it's just knowin' that she'll be there
With her dark brown eyes and her yellow hair
And I love her, Lord knows I love her.

Though my mind's dis-satisfied
Just a hoppin' that big ole Mack and ride
And leave her everytime I love her.

I guess it's just in my blood to roam
I ain't never had no permanent home
So I leave her everytime I love her.

--- Instrumental ---

One of these days I wanna go back
To that yelllow haired girl and the tumble down shack
And never leave her all I do is love her.

Well, I guess to that I'll be content
Just to drivin' this track and sendin' home the rent
And leave her everytime I love her.

Well. I guess it's just in my blood to roam
I ain't never had no permanent home
So I leave her everytime I love her.

You guess it I really love her...