Hit the Bell with Your Elbow

It was 29 years in dog years since I seen my little lady You see I needed some space and time to kill all my highway thrills And now I'm back in her old mill town I been dry and clean and I'm ready to try this love thing again And I will, I'm not going in any direction But she laughed and said times have changed There, there ain't no bed for you here Just hit the bell with your elbow and come in from the rain You can promise me nothing, and I will do the same I don't need you to fight for me and I don't need you to cry Just hit the bell with your elbow, yes And come in with your hands up high I told her I been through a lot out there I lost my chukka playboy boots At the river bottom inn I lost my barracuda jacket in a bet gone wrong And through it all I heard birds whistling your name She laughed and said you can sneeze in the basket But still ain't no bed for you here And hit the bell with your elbow and come in from the rain You can promise me nothing, and I will do the same I don't need you to fight for me and I don't need you to cry Just hit the bell with your elbow, yes And come in with your hands up high And your pants down low, pants down low And keep your boot laces, keep 'em high and tied Pants down low, with your pants down low But you can't hide in me tonight No, you can't hide in me tonight But did you say that you had no place to go Or that you had no place to stay Did you say that you had no place to go Which is it boy, 'cause it's cold outside, you either go or you stay And hit the bell with your elbow and come in from the rain You can promise me nothing and I will do the same I don't need you to fight for me and I don't need you to cry Just hit the bell with your elbow, yes And come in with your hands up high And your pants down low, pants down low Keep them boot laces, keep 'em high and tied Pants down low, with your pants down low But you can't hide in me tonight No, you can't hide in me tonight You can't hide in me tonight No, you can't hide in my tonight