Playin’ on the back porch, got an old dog Chewed my toy car from the ten-cent store Scared my dear momma with a green toad-frog When she told my daddy I got my britches wore
(If you see a log truck you’ll have good luck)
Early get the cows up, early off to school Running up the lane to catch the yaller bus Paddled by the principal for actin’ like a fool Hours in the classroom hearin’ Teacher fuss
(If you see a log truck you’ll have good luck)
Then in the afternoon to the locker room With hardly any time for a ***** stop Coach-Bubba’s rolling bassy voice of doom Bellowing “I WANNA HEAR THE LEATHER POP!
(If you see a log truck you’ll have good luck)
Runnin’ the roads in an old-timey Ford A fifth of Jack Daniels underneath the seat Stupidly standin’ on the running board Singin’ to the radio, O so sweet!
(If you see a log truck you’ll have good luck)
Runnin’ the roads on graduation night Well, hello, great big world, and here I am They say I got to get a job now, sure, that’s right Say, buddy, what’s this place called Viet-Nam?
But
If you see a log truck you’ll have good luck
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Lawrence Hall’s vanity publications are available on amazon.com as Kindle and on bits of dead tree: THE ROAD TO MAGDALENA, PALEO-HIPPIES AT WORK AND PLAY, LADY WITH A DEAD TURTLE, DON’T FORGET YOUR SHOES AND GRAPES, COFFEE AND A DEAD ALLIGATOR TO GO, and DISPATCHES FROM THE COLONIAL OFFICE.