An empty house is hard to bear   Lonesome's falling everywhere   Without you there's no light coming in   That lucky dog jumped the fence   Ain't seen him 'round here since   And I don't guess I ever will again      It didn't bother me any   I was good to that dog   And just like you I'm going to have to learn to let him go   Leaving me was one thing, Carla   Why'd you have to leave so slow?      Slow and shifty backing out   You were trying to fill my head with doubt   You nearly had me walking out on you   About the oldest trick to be   Playing on someone as old as me   That cannot be the best that you can do      It didn't bother me any   When he come around   I just wish I hadn't had to be the last guy in town to know   I didn't mind you walking away   What hurt was how you walk so slow      You know, you go:      [mournful "ooooooo"]      You know that that was so underhanded   Grabbing him just as you landed   After holding me the whole time you fell   You tell me he'll be good to you   Who wouldn't be? What else is new?   Now all that I can do is wish you well      It wouldn't bothered me any   If you'd have left me when you wanted to, but you just had to wait til you   Had some place better to go   Leaving me was one thing, Carla   Why'd you have to leave so slow?   I didn't mind you walking away   What hurt was how you walk so slow