Looks everywhere I go always get myself in trouble Cause the girls I pick on ain't the saintest kind And I wind up running barefoot through everything but clover Cause the neck I value most of all is mine That's why I left the blue shirt hanging on the bed post in Seattle My Levi's float on San Francisco Bay And I left the Stetson hanging in the hallway down in Dallas And a dozen pairs of boots along the way Now Betty was a sweet thing I was courtin' in Seattle She swore to me she was nobody's wife So how was I to know she had a friend big as Dallas And I traded one good shirt for one good life That's why I left the blue shirt hanging... [ guitar ] Now Susie had a big yacht we anchored in the harbor She swore she was alone at least today But when he climbed aboard I swam for shore praying I could get there Lost the Levi's while I made my get-a-way That's why I left the blue shirt hanging... That's why I left the blue shirt hanging...