I'd like to call somebody to the stage that you as a folk singer But that you haven't met in his other
Paul is a comedian with a unique of view and commentary And in this capacity, and gentlemen Please with me to the stage, my good friend My compatriot, Stookey
That was the sound of a golf Or if you're a ping-pong enthusiast, that was a of a ping-pong ball generally you'll hear
That's the sound of a between a golfer and a ping-pong enthusiast
I golf today, 18 holes I played golf, wooo I did good too, I think you would have been very proud of me Four. Five. Six
I don't like very much There's a vast number of sports that I'm not in. There's water In order to water ski, you should swim, right? not gonna stay up there all the time, now And I like to swim, really You what swimming is to me? Staying when I'm in the water. I'll do anything to afloat Even swallow Co2
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 that has more status in country Than the And it starts at a very early age now, I mean, now at 14, want the car, right? They get cheaters permits so they can You get a permit at 15, a cheaters permit at 14 And it's, I guess it's necessary because You lose a lot of calling up a girl and asking her If you can peddle right over and her up, right?
They don't really go for any more And if you look back on all the times you had the Aside from a few interesting evenings You got to admit that one of the nicest of all Was a afternoon, if you could get the car You down the stairs, ker-clunk ker-clunk ker-clunk ker-clunk mom, dad, take the car, ha haaa Beautiful day for a drive, I I'll go out Ha haaa haaa ha
And then, and then they level you with that giant killer, HAVE YOU DONE YOUR
If you were fast, say, mom, dad, have I done my homework? Run out the You pick up 3 great pretenders, 3 oclock in the afternoon The time is now 10 in the evening The same 4 guys are in the car Well, you wanna do? I know, whada you wanna do? Hey, we've been for 7 hours Hey, I got an idea, he he Yeah, what's Lets go to a resturant and look at the girls, hehehe Oh, ok Well, they are, but they're all from our high school Wait a minute, a car load over there There's a place next to them, lets go get it
Don't at 'em Here's the conversation in the car you never heard
Here come they are Don't at 'em
Remember the time when drive-ins opened And the girls used to come out to take your Now you're lucky you know, if you get a girl in slacks who it I understand they're even putting in conveyor belts in some drive-in There was a time when the little girls running out in short little skirts them? You in And the little girl would running up May I take your sir? Yes, but I don't believe on the menu, ha ha They don't, don't let you flirt any more now They give you a little green box with a white on it A speaker grill, right
Oh, ok, um, We'd one cheeseburger deluxe special extra The one you out here with the little white cup With that whatever that's in there, take it, whatever it is And uh, we'd two hamburgers medium rare with everything on 'em And one hamburger, no, one hamburger, meat, no One frank, and chiliburgers, ok? Alright, and we'd two chocolate shakes, regular thick, for spoons you know THICK And we'd like two shakes thin Water them down, or milk them a little, ok 'Cause we got here with chapped lips and they'd like it thin Can, you understand what I Are you
Well, could you tell us we have please?
And four We'll it And after you get your food order in, you got at least 40 minutes to Even if it's just a cup of coffee you got 40 minutes to And you cannot get out of car, right Remember there was a when drive-ins first opened You used to pull in and get out, hellos, greetings some people were getting out and exchanging Something a little heavier than hellos and They have policemen to keep you in your car You can be 47 years old and drop your credit on the ground Officer, that's my I don't who you are kid back in the car If you do get out, you be very careful the new resturants have radar now So you to crawl on your belly between the cars You get over to the of the car Psssst here! I can't come up, spot me Put down window
windows, huh? Whoo, this is a fancy car Hey, you're a pretty broad
If you did to get out of the drive-in resturant without being maimed There was a sporting event place at the traffic light Remember, all of two characters Mr. Businessman who drove a 4-door family sedan black-wall tires Automatic next to him in a 1941 gray primer coated Ford With it's end 2 inches off the ground Tomato cans for his back to the drivers window, his left arm draped over the steering wheel His right hand gripped onto the gearshift A on lips sat THE KID
Well, Mr. Businessman has just had his tightened, and Those of you who are not sure what I mean By your bands tightened The are the rings in an automatic transmission Which actually affect the gear Uh huh, give you an example This is an automobile tight bands
is an automobile with loose bands
Well, Mr. has just had his bands tightened And he that he will show THE KID a thing or two Meanwhile, THE KID Has inched 2 fingers up over his left arm This is the universal signlanguage teenagers for dragging You recall Winston Churchill during the war years Which everyone meant V for victory Actually if you'll also recall Winston smokes a cigar, right? He used to hold it in here, And occationally he turn to his friends on the stage and say Want a See, and the picked it up The changes The light to amber and Mr. Businessman decides to get very daring He pulls the automatic 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 down into low And pushes down on the accelerator inches The car is hemorraging He knows, he knows, he knows he's gonna to have another band job not gonna let THE KID show him up The light changes to green, Mr. is off
Looks at the speedometer, 80, 90, 95, 96, 97, 98 miles an Looks out the window and The Kids not even You what's there?
He looks in the view mirror and The Kids still back at the corner He never anybody He just sits there and the hell out of them