The are waiting the games have begun The phone keeps ringing dont answer it hon The whole things just to aggravate Dad And its day on the old super slab The kids are strapped down a half load of pipe All safe in their car seats they fuss and gripe Well you cant blame em it must be a bitchCounting the crosses off down in the ditch This ones got flowers, this got a wreath This ones got a name painted down Was the road all iced up, were they too fast Heres five in a circle left the last holiday
Theres a three-trailer rig just a up spray Not to run on this kind of a day But god the smokies and the four wheelers too Stay my bumpers or the same goes for you Therell be for him He that wants it the As he hauls it on out to the Oregon No no gravy no Zinfandel wine You just stay over and well get along fine Hes the football, missing the fun Hed with the grandkids but hes off on a run And some hats on the radio singing his But it dont a damn Hes in for a long
Now shes yelling Shes to eat Shes havin Cause they wont take their But got em all gathered now under one roof With her camcorder gonna get proof But do you have to wear Well I just see why pass the potatoesAw eat shit and die Did you hear Ellen, shes leaving, you know How bout those Packers, itll snow? And the minute its over theyll scatter like Off down the in the teeth of a gale Silent and shattered And numb to the They count themselves They got through one holiday
The highway He in the rain He just lets it run down to the stain Of the blood on his leg From working wreck And he wont it In time for the holiday
Departing at 9:52 In clean desert camo all and loose Sits an Guardsman alone by the gate The sure looked different, in 1968
When he traveled with mom, first time on a To visit some kin, hes their names But he remembers the soldiers, still in their teensIn their polished boots and their pressed army greens With the creases so sharp, and their so smooth But their eyes so heavy, he wondered how they could move Now hes got that same look, his insides are black Hes in his mid forties and he has to go backAnd he even smoke while he waits for his plane The uniforms different, but the mission To do like they tell you, make a fuss Whys not an issue, so dont too much You just do what you to, shut up and drive If you apart later, well at least youre alive You can get you some help, you can with it then And life be better, til it happens again
Cause something inside us that wont let us beIn stalks through our days til its too dark to see And its damn near as deadly as on ice Lord dont they all Yall have a nice