Why, I remember the first truck I drove,
I was so proud I could hardly wait to get home and show my wife and
little boy.
And my little boy was so excited, like when he saw his first snow.
He wasn’t old enough to say too many words,
He just kept hollering,
Then I ask Roy and Tex I said well who do you think will be showin’ up
Say within the next 40 50 60 years
They handed me a big tallybook and in it I saw names like Johnny Cash
George Jones Merle Haggard Don Gibson Mel Tillis Farren Young Kitty Wells
Well a city slicker came and he said “I’m tough”
I think I wanna taste that powerful stuff
He took one g-g-glug and drank it right down
And I heard him a moaning as he hit the ground
…that don’t bother me at all
Playing Solitaire till dawn,
With a deck of fifty-one.
smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo,
now tell me, I’ve nothing to do.
She was called a scarlet woman by the people
Who would go to church but left me in the streets
With no parents of my own I never had a home
And a eighteen year old boy has got to eat
IN THE GHETTO !!
I didn’t want your presence just your kiss and company
And your lips to softly whisper happy birthday to me
But I came home all by myself and lit the candle
Made a wish for you and love that used to be
I unwrapped the tiny package that I bought myself