(Bill Fries, Davis)
We is through the valley Where the flows the mud and crud and cornfields Where the mari-ju-wana 'Cross the railroad tracks of the hills and up the dale Had a CJ-5 with a four-wheel And on my tail.
Well, he picked me up at 12 On the I-six-eighty I was 67 per When I rumbled through his He to whirl his flashin' lights And he made his wail I slipped on down to drive With Smokey on my
Now I got stripes and dual pipes And Smokey's got a Got a with a four pot carb, you know But Smokey's stroked and Well, the chase was on, but I had the a rig that'll never fail Got a CJ-5 a four-wheel drive And Smokey on my
Yeah, he was.
Well, I on down to granny low And I made a hard turn My big ol' fat Commando slashin' through the corn Well, the tassels And the kernels And it looked like yella Just cookin' in a four-wheel drive Smokey on my tail
Well, we went screamin' through the the Nishnabotna flows Through the mud and crud and the mari-ju-wana grows 'Cross the railroad of Persia Up the and down the dales My CJ-5 with four-wheel And on my tail.
[Imagine a series of comic-style balloons.]
Look out, now. he come.
Oh, we get it on now.
(Don't hit that fella the banjo.)
We gonna this here creek now, Smokey. [Pronounced "crick", of course.]
Yard and a foot deep.
"Nishnabota River", call it.
Might haveta out.
Gonna do a wheelie on that there gopher now, Smokey.
Can you dig it,
Got on the floor and four in the air on that one, didn't we?
Goodness gracious. 'Bout ta my shocks.
[Back to our rhyming. Add the sound of wailing sirens.]
Well, that Jeep of made Smokey whine His rig was of lead He was mired in fourteen of mud So he radioed I pulled up the blacktop Went crashin' on the rail alive! I had twenty-five more on my tail!
Now I had racin' stripes and dual And Smokey had a Had a mill with a four pot carb, you But Smokey's and bored Well, the was on, but I had the edge With a rig never fail Got a with a four-wheel drive Settin' out a' the jail