I'd like to somebody to the stage that you know as a folk singer But that you met in his other role
Paul is a with a unique point of view and commentary And in this capacity, ladies and welcome with me to the stage, my good friend My compatriot, Paul
was the sound of a golf ball Or if you're a ping-pong enthusiast, that was a of a ping-pong ball generally you'll hear
That's the of a match between a golfer and a ping-pong enthusiast
I golf today, 18 holes I played golf, wooo I did pretty too, I think you would have been very proud of me Four. Five. Six
I don't like very much There's a vast of sports that I'm not invlved in. There's water In order to water ski, you should swim, right? You're not gonna stay up all the time, now And I like to swim, really You what swimming is to me? Staying alive I'm in the water. I'll do to stay afloat swallow Co2 cartriges
But I didn't come out here to about sports I really, I came out here, talks about status And I cannot think of one material object has more status in this country the automobile And it at a very early age now, right? I mean, now at 14, kids want the car, They get permits so they can drive You get a learners permit at 15, a cheaters at 14 And it's, I it's really necessary because You a lot of face calling up a girl and asking her If you can peddle right and pick her up, right?
They don't go for that any more And if you look on all the times you had the automobile Aside a few interesting saturday evenings You got to admit that one of the nicest of all Was a sunday afternoon, if you get the car You come the stairs, ker-clunk ker-clunk ker-clunk ker-clunk mom, dad, gonna take the car, ha Beautiful day for a drive, I think go out Ha haaa ha huuu
And then, and then they level you with giant killer, right? HAVE YOU YOUR HOMEWORK?
If you were fast, you'd say, mom, dad, have I done my Run out the You pick up 3 other great pretenders, 3 oclock in the The time is now 10 oclock in the The same 4 guys are in the car Well, you wanna do? I know, whada you wanna do? Hey, we've been driving for 7 Hey, I got an idea, he he Yeah, that? go to a drive-in resturant and look at the girls, hehehe Oh, ok Well, here they are, but they're all our high school Wait a minute, there's a car load there There's a place next to them, lets go get it
Don't at 'em Here's the in the girls car you never heard
Here they There are look at 'em
Remember the time when drive-ins opened And the used to come out to take your order? Now lucky you know, if you get a girl in slacks who delivers it I understand they're putting in conveyor belts in some drive-in resturants There was a time when the little girls came out in short little skirts them? You in And the little girl would come up May I take order sir? Yes, but I don't it's on the menu, ha ha They don't, they let you flirt any more now They give you a little green box a white button on it A little grill, right
Oh, ok, um, We'd one cheeseburger deluxe special extra The one you have out here with the white cup With that whatever in there, we'll take it, whatever it is And uh, we'd like two hamburgers rare with everything on 'em And one hamburger, no, one hamburger, meat, no One frank, and chiliburgers, ok? Alright, and like two chocolate shakes, regular thick, for spoons you know THICK And we'd like two strawberry thin Water them down, or milk them a little, ok 'Cause we got somebody here with chapped and they'd like it thin Can, you what I mean? Are you
Well, you tell us what we have please?
And four We'll it And after you get your food order in, you got at least 40 to wait Even if it's just a cup of coffee you got 40 to wait And you cannot get out of car, right Remember there was a time when drive-ins opened You used to in and get out, exchange hellos, greetings Evidentally some were getting out and exchanging Something a heavier than hellos and greetings They have policemen there to you in your car You can be 47 years old and drop your cards on the ground Officer, my wallet I don't who you are kid back in the car If you do get out, you gotta be very Because the new resturants have now So you have to crawl on your belly between the You get over to the of the car Psssst here! I can't up, they'll spot me Put your window
windows, huh? Whoo, this is a pretty car Hey, you're a fancy broad
If you did manage to get out of the drive-in resturant being maimed There was a sporting event taking place at the light Remember, all of two characters Mr. Businessman who drove a 4-door family with black-wall tires transmission Seated to him in a 1941 gray primer coated Ford With it's end 2 inches off the ground cans for mufflers With his back to the drivers window, his left arm over the steering wheel His right hand gripped onto the lever A on lips sat THE KID
Well, Mr. Businessman has just had his tightened, and Those of you who are not quite what I mean By having bands tightened The bands are the in an automatic transmission Which actually affect the change Uh huh, I'll you an example This is an automobile tight bands
is an automobile with loose bands
Well, Mr. Businessman has just had his bands And he thinks that he show THE KID a thing or two Meanwhile, THE KID Has inched these 2 fingers up over his arm This is the universal signlanguage teenagers for dragging You probably recall Winston Churchill during the war everyone assumed meant V for victory Actually if also recall Winston Churchill smokes a cigar, right? He used to it in here, right? And occationally he would turn to his friends on the and say Want a See, and the kids it up The changes The light to amber and Mr. Businessman decides to get very daring He the automatic transmission down into low He puts one on the brake Still holding the foot on the brake, in order to get extra fast start He pulls the automatic transmission down low And pushes down on the accelerator five The car is hemorraging He knows, he knows, he knows he's gonna have to another band job He's not gonna let THE KID him up The light changes to green, Mr. is off
Looks at the speedometer, 80, 90, 95, 96, 97, 98 an hour Looks out the and The Kids not even there You what's there?
He in the rear view mirror and The Kids still back at the corner He never anybody He just sits there and the hell out of them