It seems like years and a million tears since you've left the old hometown

Now you've changed they say and the great white way is your new stomping ground

Well it's plain to see you've forgotten me cause you never write or call

But I'll be around when they let you down and I'll catch you when you fall

I'll catch you when you fall there's no one else but you

Now you're flying high but honey by and by you're gonna cry for love that's true

So when you're uptown baby starts giving you the stall

I'll be around when they let you down and I'll catch you when you fall

[ steel ]

Well I've heard it said they've turned your head you're ashamed of us back home

But I'll bet the sound of a southern bound still chills you to the bone

With your haughty pose and your uptown clothes you're not fooling me at all

When you're feeling bad your ol' country lad is gonna catch you you fall

I'll catch you when you fall...