I WAS TA KIN' A TRIP
OUT TO L. A.
TOOL IN' A LONG
IN MY CHEV RO LET
TO KIN' ON A NUM BER
AND DIG GIN' ON
THE RA DI O
JUST AS I CROSSED
THAT MIS SIS SIP PI LINE
I HEARD THAT HIGH WAY
START TO WHINE
I KNEW THAT
LEFT REAR TIRE
WAS A BOUT TO GO
WELL THE SPARE
WAS FLAT AND
I GOT UP TIGHT
'CAUSE THERE WAS N'T
A FIL LIN' STA TION
IN SIGHT
SO I JUST
LIMPED ON DOWN
THE SHOUL DER
ON THE RIM
I WENT AS FAR
AS I COULD
AND WHEN
I STOPPED THE CAR
IT WAS RIGHT IN FRONT
OF THIS LIT TLE BAR
KIND OF
A RED NECK- LOO KIN'
JOINT CALLED
THE DEW DROP INN
WELL I STUFFED
MY HAIR UP
UN DER MY HAT
AND TOLD
THE BAR TEN DER
THAT I'D HAD A FLAT
AND WOULD HE
BE KIND E NOUGH
TO GIVE ME CHANGE
FOR A ONE
WELL THERE WAS
ONE THING
I WAS SURE
PROUD TO SEE
THERE WAS N'T A SOUL
IN THE PLACE
'CEPT HIM AND ME
AND HE JUST
LOOKED DIS GUS TED
AND POIN TED TOWARD
THE TE LE PHONE
I CALLED UP A STA TION
DOWN THE ROAD A WAYS
AND HE SAID
HE WAS N'T VE RY
BU SY TO DAY
AND HE COULD
HAVE SOME BO DY THERE
IN JUST A BOUT
TEN MIN UTES OR SO
HE SAID
NOW YOU JUST STAY
RIGHT WHERE
YOU'RE AT
AND I DID N'T BO THER
TO TELL THE DURN FOOL
THAT I SURE AS HELL
DID N'T HAVE
A NY PLACE ELSE TO GO
I'D JUST OR DERED UP
A BEER AND SAT DOWN AT
THE BAR WHEN SOME GUY
WALKED IN AND SAID
WHO OWNS THIS CAR
WITH THE PEACE SIGN
THE MAG WHEELS AND
FOUR ON THE FLOOR
WELL HE LOOKED AT ME
AND I DAMN NEAR DIED
AND I DE CI DED THAT
I'D JUST WAIT OUT SIDE
SO I LAID A DOL LAR
ON THE BAR
AND HEA DED
FOR THE DOOR
JUST WHEN I THOUGHT
I'D GET OUT TA THERE
WITH MY SKIN THESE
FIVE BIG DUDES COME
STROL LIN' IN WITH THIS
ONE OL' DRUNK CHICK
AND SOME FEL LA
WITH GREEN TEETH
AND I WAS AL MOST
TO THE DOOR WHEN
THE BIG GEST ONE SAID
YOU TIP YOUR HAT
TO THIS LA DY SON
AND WHEN I DID
ALL THAT HAIR
FELL OUT
FROM UN DER NEATH
NOW THE LAST THING
I WAN TED
WAS TO GET
IN A FIGHT
IN JACK SON MIS SIS SIP PI
ON A
SA TUR DAY NIGHT
'SPE CIAL LY WHEN
THERE WAS
THREE OF THEM AND
ON LY ONE OF ME
WELL THEY ALL
STAR TED LAUG HIN'
AND I FELT KIN DA SICK
AND I KNEW I'D BET TER
THINK OF SOME THIN'
PRET TY QUICK
SO I JUST REACHED OUT
AND KICKED
OL' GREEN- TEETH
RIGHT IN THE KNEE
NOW HE LET OUT A YELL
THAT 'D CURL YOUR HAIR
BUT BE FORE
HE COULD MOVE
I GRABBED ME
A CHAIR AND SAID
WATCH HIM FOLKS
'CAUSE HE'S
A THOR OUGH LY
DAN GER OUS MAN
WELL YOU MAY
NOT KNOW IT
BUT THIS MAN'S A SPY
HE'S A
UN DER CO VER A GENT
FOR THE F. B. I.
AND HE'S BEEN
SENT DOWN HERE
TO IN FIL TRATE
THE KU KLUX KLAN
HE WAS STILL
BENT O VER
HOL DIN' ON
TO HIS KNEE
BUT EVE RY BO DY ELSE
WAS LOO KIN' AND
LISTEN IN' TO ME AND
I LAID IT ON
THIC KER AND HEA VI ER
AS I WENT
I SAID
WOULD YOU BE LIEVE
THIS MAN HAS GONE
AS FAR AS TEAR IN'
WAL LACE STIC KERS
OFF A BUM PERS OF CARS
AND HE
VO TED FOR
GEORGE Mc GO VERN
FOR PRE SI DENT
WELL HE'S A FRIEND
OF THEM
LONG HAIRED HIP PIE- TYPE
PINK O FAGS
I'LL BET YA
HE'S E VEN GOT
A COM MIE FLAG
TACKED UP
ON THE WALL
IN SIDE OF HIS GA RAGE
HE'S A SNAKE
IN THE GRASS
I TELL YOU GUYS
HE MAY LOOK DUMB
BUT THAT'S JUST
A DIS GUISE
HE'S A MAS TER MIND
IN THE WAYS
OF ES PI ON AGE
THEY ALL STAR TED
LOO KIN' REAL
SUS PI CIOUS AT HIM
AND HE JUMPED UP
AND SAID
NOW JUST
WAIT A MIN UTE JIM
YOU KNOW HE'S LY IN'
I BEEN LI VIN' HERE
ALL OF MY LIFE
I'M A FAITH FUL
FOL LOW ER OF
BRO THER JOHN BIRCH
AND I BE LONG TO
THE AN TI OCH
BAP TIST CHURCH
AND I AIN'T E VEN
GOT A GAR AGE
YOU CAN CALL HOME
AND ASK MY WIFE
THEN HE STAR TED
SAY IN' SOME THIN'
'BOUT THE WAY
I WAS DRESSED
BUT I DID N'T
WAIT A ROUND
TO HEAR THE REST
I WAS TOO BU SY MO VIN'
AND HO PIN'
I DID N'T RUN
OUT TA LUCK
AND WHEN
I HIT THE GROUND
I WAS MA KIN' TRACKS
AND THEY WERE JUST
TA KIN' MY CAR DOWN
OFF THE JACK
SO I THREW THE MAN
A TWEN TY
AND JUMPED IN AND
FIRED THAT MO THER UP
MA RI O AN DRET TI
WOUL DA SURE
BEEN PROUD
OF THE WAY
I WAS MO VIN'
WHEN I PASSED
THAT CROWD
COM IN' OUT
THE DOOR AND
HEA DED TOWARD ME
IN A TROT
AND I GUESS
I SHOUL DA GONE A HEAD
AND RUN
BUT SOME HOW
I JUST COULD N'T
RE SIST THE FUN
OF CHA SIN' THEM ALL
JUST ONCE
A ROUND THE
PAR KIN' LOT
WELL THEY HEA DED
FOR THEIR CAR
BUT I HIT THE GAS
AND SPUN A ROUND
AND HEA DED 'EM OFF
AT THE PASS
I WAS SLIN GING GRA VEL
AND PUT TIN'
A TON OF DUST
IN THE AIR
WELL I HAD 'EM ALL
OUT THERE
STEP PIN' AND FET CHIN'
LIKE THEIR HEADS
WAS ON FIRE
AND THEIR A$$ ES
WAS CAT CHIN'
BUT I FI GURED
I'D BET TER GO A HEAD
AND SPLIT
BE FORE THE COPS
GOT THERE
WHEN I HIT THE ROAD
I WAS REAL LY WHEEL IN'
I HAD GRA VEL FLY IN'
AND RUB BER SQUEAL IN'
AND I DID N'T SLOW DOWN
TILL I WAS AL MOST
TO AR KAN SAS
WELL I THINK
I'M GON NA
RE ROUTE MY TRIP
I WON DER IF
A NY BO DY'D THINK
I'D FLIPPED IF I
WENT TO L. A.
VI A O MA HA
