Well, I was born in a town called Iowa, right where it oughta been Twenty-three houses, saloons, And a feed in nineteen-thirty. Had a sign, said "Squealer Feeds" And the bus came through when they felt the And they at a place there in town called The Old Home Cafe
Now my was a music lovin' man He six-foot-seven, had big ol' hands He'd lost two fingers in a chainsaw but he could play the violin And Mom played piana, the keys in the middle And Dad a storm on his three-fingered fiddle 'Cause that's all there was to do back there folks, ta go downtown and watch haircuts
So I was raised on Dust tunes, you see Had a radio an' no TV It was so hot I had to wet the bed in the summer just to keep cool. Yeah, a night I'd lay awake A-waitin' for a station break Just and a-wettin' an' a-lettin' that radio fry.
Well, I listened to Nashville and and Dallas And Oklahoma City gave my ear a And never forget them announcers at three A.M. They'd come on an' say "Friends, there's many a soul who us "So send letters an' cards ta Jesus "That's friends, in care a' Del Rio, Texas."
But the place I remember, on the a' town Was the where you really got the hard-core sound Yeah, a where the truckers used ta stop on their way to Dees Moins There was signs all over windowsills Like "If the Devil don't get ya, then will" And "The bank don't no beer, and we don't cash no checks."
Now them truckers never talked nothin' but haulin' And the words was really appallin' They thought them home-town was nothin' but toys for their amusement. Chevys and Macks and big ol' stacks They's always 'bout their livers an' backs But they was fast-livin', strung-out, son of a guns
Now the gal tables was really classy Had a motor on a fairly new chassis And she how to handle them truckers; name was Mavis Davis Yeah, pour 'em a coffee, then she'd bat her eyes Then she'd listen to 'em 'er some big fat lies Then she'd ask 'em how the wife and kids was, back in Joplin?
Now had all of her ducks in a row ninety-eight pounds; put on quite a show Remind ya of a couple a' Cub Scouts ta set up a Sears, Roebuck pup tent There's no that she couldn't handle ta her, nothin' could hold a candle Not a hell of a lot upstairs, but from on down, Disneyland!
Now the truckers, on the other hand, was really remind ya of fingernails a-scratchin' on glass A-stompin' on in, leavin' tracks all over the Ward linoleum Yeah, they'd pound them counters and them stools always pickin' fights with the local fools But one look at Mavis, and they'd turn into a a' tomcats
Well, never forget them days gone by I's just a kid, 'bout four foot But I forgot that lesson an' pickin' and singin', the country way Yeah, them walkin', talkin' truck blues back ta life in seventy-two As "The Old Home Filler-up An' On A-Truckin' Cafe"
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