in this town where I grew up there were 50.000 women
but not one was qualified enough to fulfil the love I’d live with
and I know I ain’t no easy ride but my pride is my condition
to find what the eyes prefer in line and to choose from all the beautie
so I saddled my stallion took a big black hat
entered that wicked wide world
to look for the perfect girl and to see what I was really worth
well I drove down the desert, had to run from the dust
crossed the river, the valley and just when
I thought I’d maybe settle down south I realised it was nothing but lust
and I said

wow, wow, wow is love just a game
I pick you up to just put you down
and leave you once again

so the days passed by, the nights moved on
remembered back home, shivering like a dog
I saw mom, heard daddy saying son
I hope you’ll never get lonely and old
so won’t you please pack your bag, grow up and come home
to live with your family, your brothers in law
‘cause there’s work to be done and you can’t always roam
to look for the perfect girl and I said

wow, wow, wow is love just a game
I pick you up to just put you down
and leave you once again

but the road was still long and I hadn’t met a soul
who could comfort my day dreaming
but then one night I guess I’s dying
it was the way I’d never had know
I used to say