At seven morning I got on the phone And said to hold my as long as you can My car broke down in Billings and they just got it together I'll be photo in to old Cheyenne here I am in Sheridan and its 9 o'clock In the morning and times fast I just pulled her over, had some coffee and a And I bought the car a brand new of gas
Well, I don't if I'm gonna make it It's nine-fifteen, I'll be lucky if I get there By god, now what's that I hear, is it a enough he got me on his radar He pulled up behind me and turned on those flashing A sign that I meant 'Pull Over' So I on my brakes and as I skidded to a halt I out three reflector posts along the shoulder
He got this car and was a-walkin' real slow So I out and met him half way He out his gun and said, "Mister are you crazy I ain't never seen nobody 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 listened to my story then he
He me out a ticket, that seemed to take forever I it and as I headed for my car cop he hollered after me and said, "Hey, cowboy You better slow 'cause you can't outrun this radar" As I rolled on down the road, I was a-cursin' and 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 again and was a traveling the road With the gas pedal a mashed to the When I came around a curve and there in the highway There's more damn sheep than I seen before I'm going too fast to ever stop, so I just close my As the car rolls on the herd When I opened up my eyes again, a sheep on the fender And that herd's sayin' mighty awful words
The sweats off my hands as I barrel through old Wheatland I'm a nervous wreck and I must be a The flies inside old car are buzzin' 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 hear the playing I can't believe it, thank God, I made it
There's only one more obstacle that's 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 dirty so and so, you let me through" he asked if I'd repeat that again So I whacked him in the mouth and then I left him lyin' On his back in the sand I got there in time to see my Bronc come runnin' out His head and tail was held way up I swear he looked right at me and grinned and gave horse laugh And me I just stood there and cried
I turned around helpless and fairly dumbfounded I and what did I see 3 highway patrolmen and a gateman a fat lip And they all a-lookin' right at me in the cell now I've done a lot of thinkin' About that run I made a month ago I'm sorry I'm in this rotten situation If I could do it again I wouldn't have drove so If I do it again i wouldn't have drove so slow