(C.W. McCall, Bill Fries, Davis)
YEE-HAW! Merciful sakes alive! You wanna be one a' them CBers, you gonna learn how to ratchetjaw! Pay attention now; I'm gonna explain it to ya once.
You go runnin' amuck in a pick-'em-up truck With one a' fancy sidebands? Get and two on the door Get a power in yer jaw-hand Prepare to strike when ya key the 'Cause ya know who's a-listenin' clown insists on a 10-36 This here's what you 'im:
"Four, good buddy, I me a study An' I it's the dark a' the moon, son It's half-past spring an' a ta fall An' the big a-settin' on noon, son Now if the fish don't and the almanac's right And the groundhog sees his A 10-36 tick-tock-tick." And that's I call ratchetjaw!
Gotta git ya a base, out there at yer With a forty-foot on the chimney a thousand watts in yer flowerpots And a ree-mote line in the If ya feel a when ya throw the switch Ya dim all the lights in Wichita send out a wave ta make the government rave And this here's whatcha tell 'em
"Yeah, four, buddy, yer comin' in cruddy But yer right through my wall, boy Yer cool, you makin' me drool You were battin' my ball, boy You hittin' me about fifteen pound You cut me up like a But what the heck, it's just a check." And that there's how to
[CB conversations. They're overlaid, as if you're listening to a line.]
[Woman's voice] Breaker, breaker, breaker, breaker. We lookin' for that one Buffalo Roy out there. Buffalo Roy, what's your Where are you anyway, Buffalo Roy? Are you out there? Come on in there, Buffalo Roy. 10-4.
[Man's voice] Lissen, you. Shut up on all them breakers. One breaker's enough. [words missing]...channel all the time. Can't hear a damn anybody's sayin'.
[C.W.] Buffalo Roy? That's a handle.
Wanna some pain? Just turn up yer gain Get a fearful earful a' Ta suppress a belch, just hit yer You can cut out all the You wanna fun, you son-of-a-guns Just get on the press-ta-talk You gonna amuse 'em an' really 'em With a ol' thing called ratchetjaw
Yeah, let them suckers yer a trucker Say stuff they understand, son Just bounce while yer toolin' around Gonna like a truck-drivin' man, son Just tell yer beaver you gonna leave 'er You catch her on the If she back with a smart-off crack Say "X-Y-L, show-an'-tell. We definitely got us to go now. yer pants on honey, hang onto the money Yer X-Y-M's gotta now Eighty-eight, thirds, and my bird An' all numbers upon ya all If don't kill, then CB will." And what I call ratchetjaw
CB conversations.]
Breaker, breaker, breaker, breaker, breaker, breaker, [repeated ad infinitum, punctuated by bouts of laughter]
[Man's voice. deep, slowly rising to Shirley and Squirrely squeakiness.] Yeah, 10-4, we got ya, breaker. Come back on that? Say, what kind a'... s'not? some kind a' cotton-pickin'... you puttin' me on, aren't cha? Yeah, you puttin' me on, aren't cha? [Laughter] 10-4. 10-4.