Minding my own business drinking down at Max’s bar
Looking at my future through the bottom of a glass
Then I saw her by the jukebox moving like a movie queen
Like Monroe in the Misfits - my favourite cowgirl dream
She had a face just like an angel and a voice just like a thief
She stole a glance across the room and stole my heart from me
She said ‘Hey there cowboy, How long you staying in town?
If you get lucky you might just see me around.’
And you’ll see these boots again Sunny Jim Sunny Jim
You’ll see these boots again Sunny Jim
You’ll see these boots again, don’t know where and don’t know when
But you’ll see these boots again Sunny Jim
Next night down at Max’s she was there again
She had a round up by the juke box with a posse of her friends
Said ‘Hey there cowboy I see you’ve come back for more
Come on back to my place and show me your ‘44.’
Well the times we had together were the best I’ve ever known
We played Hank Williams day and night with some Lefty and Buck Owens
There was love and there was laughter, then I awoke and found her gone
And there’s a note upon the pillow… ‘Don’t forget our song.’
We sang
You’ll see these boots again Sunny Jim Sunny Jim
You’ll see these boots again Sunny Jim
You’ll see these boots again, don’t know where and don’t know when
But you’ll see these boots again Sunny Jim
Never saw those boots again, never knew the reason why
Maybe she had a husband - needed loving on the side
Maybe she found Jesus and I became a sin
Maybe she just grew tired of me ‘n I was just a short term fling
Now I’ve got a wife and mortgage and two children of my own
You could say I’ve made it, you could say that I’ve grown
But some time in the longest nights just before the dawn
Those boots come back to haunt me and I wonder where she’s gone.
She said
You’ll see these boots again Sunny Jim Sunny Jim
You’ll see these boots again Sunny Jim
You’ll see these boots again, don’t know where and don’t know when
But you’ll see these boots again Sunny Jim