At seven this morning I got on the And said to hold my as long as you can My car broke down in Billings and they just got it back I'll be photo in to old Cheyenne here I am in Sheridan and its 9 o'clock In the morning and times a-going I just pulled her over, had some and a donut And I the car a brand new tank of gas
Well, I don't know if I'm make it nine-fifteen, I'll be lucky if I ever get there By god, now what's I hear, is it a siren enough he got me on his radar He pulled up behind me and turned on flashing lights A sign that I knew meant Over' So I stomped on my brakes and as I to a halt I wiped out three reflector along the shoulder
He got this car and was a-walkin' real slow So I jumped out and met him way He out his gun and said, "Mister are you crazy I ain't seen nobody drive that way" I him, "Take it easy" and he could put up that cannon The way he shakin', it just go off He put up the gun as I my situation He to my story then he coughed
He wrote me out a ticket, that to take forever I it and as I headed for my car That cop he after me and said, "Hey, cowboy You better slow down 'cause you outrun this radar" As I on down the road, I was a-cursin' and a-swearin' About the that I had just acquired I wondered if I ought to pay it or throw it out the But I might just set the damn afire
So I gunned it once and was a traveling down the road the gas pedal a mashed to the floor When I came around a curve and there in the highway There's more damn sheep than I ever before I'm going too fast to ever stop, so I close my eyes As the car on through the herd When I up my eyes again, there's a sheep on the fender And that herd's sayin' some mighty awful
The sweats a-drippin' off my hands as I barrel old Wheatland I'm a nervous wreck and I must be a The flies inside this old car are all around me Guess my 24-hour deodorant quit last 60, 50, 40, 30, 20 miles more the starts in another 18 minutes I pull in through the main gate and I the anthem playing I can't believe it, God, I finally made it
There's one more obstacle that's standin' in my way It's a nitwit with a badge He standin' by the gate and as I slide her to a He says, "Where in the hell you goin' so dog fast" I tell him I'm entered and I got time to talk My horse is in the chute and I'm He I need to get a pass from the secretary My eyes get red, my heart fills up hate
I yell, "You so and so, you better let me through" he if I'd repeat that once again So I whacked him in the mouth and I left him lyin' there On his a-kickin' in the sand I got there just in time to see my Bronc runnin' out His head and was held way up high I swear he looked right straight at me and and gave horse laugh And me I just stood there and cried
I turned around feelin' and fairly dumbfounded I and what did I see 3 patrolmen and a gateman with a fat lip And they were all a-lookin' at me Sittin' in the cell now I've a lot of thinkin' that wild run I made a month ago I'm that I'm in this rotten situation If I could do it again I wouldn't have so slow If I could do it again i have drove so slow