(Bill Fries, Davis)
We is screamin' through the Where the Nishnabotna the mud and crud and cornfields Where the grows 'Cross the railroad tracks of Down the and up the dale Had a CJ-5 a four-wheel drive And on my tail.
Well, he me up at exit 12 On the I-six-eighty I was 67 per I rumbled through his trap He commenced to whirl his lights And he made his wail I slipped on down to four-wheel With Smokey on my
Now I got racin' stripes and dual And Smokey's got a Got a mill with a four pot carb, you But Smokey's stroked and Well, the was on, but I had the edge With a rig that'll fail Got a CJ-5 with a four-wheel And on my tail
Yeah, he was.
Well, I dropped on to granny low And I a hard right turn My big ol' fat tires Went slashin' the corn Well, the tassels And the kernels And it looked like hail Just cookin' alive in a four-wheel Smokey on my tail
Well, we went through the valley the Nishnabotna flows Through the mud and and cornfields the mari-ju-wana grows 'Cross the railroad tracks of Up the hills and the dales My CJ-5 with four-wheel And on my tail.
a series of comic-style thought 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.]
wide and a foot deep.
"Nishnabota River", call it.
haveta winch out.
Gonna do a on that there gopher mound now, Smokey.
Can you dig it,
Got four on the floor and in the air on that one, didn't we?
Goodness gracious. ta bust my shocks.
[Back to our regularly-scheduled rhyming. Add the of wailing sirens.]
Well, that Jeep of mine made whine His rig was made of He was mired in feet of mud So he radioed I pulled up onto the Went on through the rail alive! I had twenty-five more on my tail!
Now I had racin' and dual pipes And had a Ford Had a with a four pot carb, you know But Smokey's stroked and Well, the was on, but I had the edge With a rig never fail Got a CJ-5 with a drive Settin' out a' the jail