My pride's still laying in your downstairs couch My common sense never left my house 'Cause, honey, you're the talk of the town Had to see what they were talking about 'Cause I heard about your reputation, babe I heard the story You ran through Memphis, then you rode away Now even I can say I heard you got engaged and said it wasn't meant to be So why you staring at me, swearing that you'll marry me? He likes 'em young, I was twenty-three When I met the heartbreaker from Tennessee My dignity's in the hotel bed My self-control, I don't know where that went It's probably tangled up in the sheets All my friends would be ashamed of me 'Cause I know about your reputation, baby Now I'm the star of the story Headline on the cover page Now even I can say I heard you got engaged and said it wasn't meant to be So why you staring at me, swearing that you'll marry me? He likes 'em young, I was twenty-three When I met the heartbreaker from Tennessee It's funny how I swore I'd make a hero out of you I hate to say that everything they said would turn out true I fell in love, I was twenty-three When I met the heartbreaker, I met the heartbreaker I met the heartbreaker from Tennessee