Never Tell a Woman Yes
    Oh my, my, my-
  In a dusty caravan
  Was a girl with a golden tan
  And she asked me if I was headed to the east
  I politely stepped a side and said I did not need a ride
  That I'd rather take my chances with the heat
  Well, when she turned and walked away
  I saw my big mistake
  There were jewels on her body oh-so-rare
  Had it been another day I just might have rode away
  With that woman riding off to God-knows-where
  So the years they came and went
  And found me living in a tent
  Far above a little marble stream
  And it may have been the light that shone out through the night
  That attracted the hand scratching on my screen
  When I cautiously looked out through the night
  There was no doubt
  That the owner of that hand was that girl
  So I bid her do come in
  And I'll open up a tin
  If you'll tell me 'bout your trip around the world
  Well, she said,"If you think back
  To the first time that we passed
  I'm sure you'll picture me in all my jewles
  It was shortly after then that I ran into another man
  And I asked him the same question I asked you
  But now he he didn't refuse
  And he took off of both his shoes
  And climbed abord mu east-bound caravan
  In the twinkling of the night
  He knocked me off the side
  And left me there for dead upon the sand
  And I thought I was done
  Lying naked in the sun
  When much to my surprise, who should pass?
  But this old friend of yours
  He said he knew you from the wars
  And I told him that I thought you'd headed west
  Well, he said he should have known
  'Cause you like to be alone
  And that's the time I knew you were my one
  So I asked him for a ride
  Just to get here by your side
  And stay here above this stream
  Out of the sun"
  Well, we sat quite for a while
  And I began to smile
  Well it's strange but I don't care
  And some nights when I'm at rest
  I wonder if I'd said, "yes"
  Would she have come to me from God knows where
  Or would I have been the one to leave her lying in the sun
  And then ended up with only precious stones
  Or would the woman in my arms be giving me her charms
  If the answer that I gave her wasn't "no"