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Crazy Ed

I run this muddy track on these big old shaky wheels

With numbers on my back and a helmet on my head.

I drive around in circles and they call me "Crazy Ed".

I drive. That's how I stay alive.  I just like how it feels.

 

I've got a batch of children and a drop-dead gorgeous wife.

She puts up with me when I leave to tinker on that wreck.

And all week long I'm trucking, gone, to earn an honest check.

And still she cheers for me each Sunday while I risk my life.

 

Someday I'll hang that helmet on the hook there by the door,

And toss away this mud-caked suit with "92" on back.

I'll give that gorgeous wife of mine a kiss, and fanny-whack,

Then play around (in circles!) with my Kids there on the floor.

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timothy-mooney
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Published
Jan 30, 2011
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This, in Memory of my Father, and for all those other Racing Dads...

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