The uneasy ridercharlie daniels spoken: [c] i was takinand' a trip out to l.a.[f] toolinand' along in my chevrolet[g7] tokinand' on a number and digginand' on the radi-[c] o ... [c] just as i crossed the mississippi line[f] i heard that highway start to whine[g7] and i knew that left rear tire was about to [c] go. well, the spare was flat and i got uptightand'cause there wasnand't a fillinand' station in sightso i just limped on down the shoulder on the rim i went as far as i could and when i stopped the carit was right in front of this little barkind of redneck lookinand' joint, called the dew drop inn. well, i stuffed my hair up under my hatand told the bartender that i had a flatand would he be kind enough to give me change for a onethere was one thing i was sure proud to seethere wasnand't a soul in the place, and'cept for him and meand he just looked disgusted and pointed toward the telephone.i called up the station down the road a waysand he said he wasnand't very busy todayand he could have somebody there in just and'bout ten minutes or sohe said now you just stay right where youand're at and i didnand't bother tellinand' the durn fool i sure as hell didnand't have anyplace else to go.i just ordered up a beer and sat down at the barwhen some guy walked in and said; andquot;who owns this car?with the peace sign, the mag wheels and four on the floor?andquot;well, he looked at me and i damn near diedand i decided that iand'd just wait outsideso i layed a dollar on the bar and headed for the door.just when i thought iand'd get outta there with my skinthese five big dudes come strollinand' inwith this one old drunk chick and some fella with green teethand i was almost to the door when the biggest onesaid; andquot;you tip your hat to this lady, son.andquot;and when i did all that hair fell out from underneath.now the last thing i wanted was to get into a fightin jackson, mississippi on a saturday nightand'specially when there was three of them and only one of methey all started laughinand' and i felt kinda sickand i knew iand'd better think of somethinand' pretty quickso i just reached out and kicked old green-teeth right in the knee.he let out a yell thatand'd curl your hairbut before he could move, i grabbed me a chairand said; andquot;watch him folks, and'cause heand's a thouroughly dangerous man.andquot;andquot;well, you may not know it, but this manand's a spyheand's an undercover agent for the fbiand heand's been sent down here to infiltrate the ku klux klan.andquot;he was still bent over, holdinand' on to his kneebut everyone else was lookinand' and listeninand' to meand i layed it on thicker and heavier as i wenti said; andquot;would you beleive this man has gone as faras tearinand' wallace stickers off the bumpers of carsand he voted for george mcgovern for president.andquot;andquot;heand's a friend of them long-haired, hippie type, pinko fagsi betcha heand's even got a commie flagtacked up on the wall, inside of his garageheand's a snake in the grass, i tell ya guyshe may look dumb, but thatand's just a disguiseheand's a mastermind in the ways of espionage.andquot;they all started lookinand' real suspicious at himand he jumped up anand' said; andquot;now, just wait a minute, jimyou know heand's lyinand' iand've been livinand' here all of my life.andquot;andquot;iand'm a faithfull follower of brother john birchand i belong to the antioch baptist churchand i ainand't even got a garage, you can call home and ask my wife.andquot;then he started sayinand' somethinand' and'bout the way i was dressedbut i didnand't wait around to hear the resti was too busy movinand' and hopinand' i didnand't run outta luckand when i hit the ground, i was makinand' tracksand they were just takinand' my car down off the jacksso i threw the man a twenty anand' jumped in anand' fired that mother up.mario andretti woulda sure been proudof the way i was movinand' when i passed that crowdcominand' out the door and headinand' toward me in a trotand i guess i should-a gone ahead and runbut somehow i couldnand't resist the funof chasinand' them all just once around the parkinand' lot.well, theyand're headinand' for their car, but i hit the gasand spun around and headed them off at the passi was slinginand' gravel and puttinand' a ton of dust in the airha ha, well, i had and'em all out there steppinand' and fetchinand'like their heads were on fire and their asses was catchinand'but i figured i oughta go ahead an split before the cops got there.when i hit the road i was really wheelinand'had gravel flyinand' and rubber squeelinand'and i didnand't slow down and'til i was almost to arkansas well, i think iand'm gonna re-route my tripi wonder if anybodyand'd think iand'd flippedif i went to l.a. - via omaha.from: andquot;nancy woodandquot; andlt;brooksie2@mailcity.comandgt;
