(Bill Fries, Davis)
We is through the valley Where the Nishnabotna Through the mud and and cornfields the mari-ju-wana grows 'Cross the railroad of Persia the hills and up the dale Had a CJ-5 with a four-wheel And on my tail.
Well, he me up at exit 12 On the ramp I was 67 per When I rumbled through his He commenced to his flashin' lights And he made his siren I slipped on down to drive With on my tail
Now I got racin' stripes and pipes And got a Ford Got a mill with a pot carb, you know But Smokey's stroked and Well, the was on, but I had the edge With a rig that'll fail Got a with a four-wheel drive And Smokey on my
Yeah, he was.
Well, I on down to granny low And I made a right turn My big ol' fat Commando Went slashin' the corn Well, the blew And the kernels And it like yella hail cookin' alive in a four-wheel drive With on my tail
Well, we went screamin' the valley Where the flows the mud and crud and cornfields Where the mari-ju-wana the railroad tracks of Persia Up the and down the dales My CJ-5 four-wheel drive 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 with the banjo.)
We gonna swim here creek now, Smokey. [Pronounced "crick", of course.]
Yard and a foot deep.
"Nishnabota River", call it.
Might winch out.
Gonna do a wheelie on there gopher mound now, Smokey.
Can you dig it,
Got four on the floor and four in the air on that one, we?
Goodness gracious. 'Bout ta my shocks.
[Back to our regularly-scheduled rhyming. Add the sound of sirens.]
Well, that Jeep of mine made whine His rig was made of He was mired in feet of mud So he ahead I up onto the blacktop crashin' on through the rail Sakes alive! I had twenty-five on my tail!
Now I had racin' stripes and dual And had a Ford Had a with a four pot carb, you know But Smokey's and bored Well, the was on, but I had the edge With a rig that'll never Got a with a four-wheel drive Settin' out back a' the