I Got Punched in the Nose for Sticking My Face into Other Peoples' Business

I've been interfering in somebody else's life
But only 'cause I know the jerk-off's cheating on his wife
It's been playing on my conscience, my sense of right and wrong
and it was that son-of-a-bitch's idea that I put it in a song

The first time that I met him he was dressed in white
and I had just been jilted, I was wound up pretty tight
I didn't think too much of him but the benefit of doubt
I allowed him 'til we had a conversation one night out

He was looking at a barmaid like a luscious piece of meat
and confessed to me without a thought his infidelities
and his basic lack of courtesy, it left me feeling sick
so ever since that night I knew I had a bone to pick

Well I drank a quart of whiskey 'cause I thought my life was finished
Well I guess sometimes that's just the way it goes
Then I stuck my southern face right into someone else's business
and that's why I got puched square in the nose

I went around to tell her but I couldn't face the task
and I have never felt more helpless as I watched her through the glass
The next time that I saw him I was standing in the street
and I drunk as hell confronted him and told him not to cheat

He told me to stay out of it and he squared up to me
and although he was a bigger man I had to disagree
I said "I haven't had a fight since I was back in school
but I beat the shit from that kid and now I'll beat the shit from you"

Well I drank a quart of whiskey 'cause I thought my life was finished
Well I guess sometimes that's just the way it goes
Then I stuck my southern face right into someone else's business
and that's why I got puched square in the nose

The moral of this story is 'It isn't good to fight
and it isn't good to sleep around and stay away all night'
I've got Billy on my side and Glen is just an arsehole
and I know he's ridiculous and he will finish last

Oh I got punched in the nose for sticking my face into other peoples' business
It wasn't very smart and it shows
but to this day I don't regret it
and as God is my witness, I'd do it all again because I got the girl

Well I drank a quart of whiskey 'cause I thought my life was finished
Well I guess sometimes that's just the way it goes
Then I stuck my southern face right into someone else's business
and that's why I got puched square in the nose
and that's why I got puched square in the nose