Me and my buddy got us a wild And figured we wanted to go So we loaded up in my Chevrolet We had a little bit of money and a lot of show And with Hank Junior blaring on the We got a full of gas and we was on our way
We we'd go down to New Orleans We barrelling' down old 17 When a man with a blinking red light was on our He said, "You were 60 in a 45 But I'm gonna let you go this But if I catch you again, I'm gonna you in the county jail"
We said, "Thank you sir, you sure nice And you gonna have to tell us twice" And we Southbound and down with the wind blowing in our faces We kept on rolling and pretty The radio was out a haggard tune And we were into Houston and checking out all the places
I was dry and I said, "I think We to stop and get ourselves a drink" Old Jim said, "Yeah 'cause we got to kill" We on rolling and I seen this spot We pulled into the lot Of this place called, 'The Nine Bar and Grill'
We walked through the door and the place was The lights low, they had a punk rock band And some haired feller singing about suicide I said, "Jim, this our kind of place He said, "Well, just have one round anyway" So my better judgment we walked on inside
up to the bar and we sat down This walked up and said, "I'll buy this round" And he sat down on the barstool to Jim He looked like a but he talked like a guy He had on and mascara in his eyes And everybody in that place looked just like him
I said, "Jim, this ain't our of bar Let's go on out and get back in the car there's gonna be trouble, ain't no sense in taking a chance" We was getting up, getting to leave When grabbed old Jim by the sleeve And this good girl, she was asking my buddy to dance
I said, "Jim, don't do it, there's something fellers dancing and fellers kissing There's a feller in high heeled shoes wearing hose" He said, "Partner, I can't turn this down You go over there and have one more round I'll dance with the and we'll get on down the road"
So he walked away and left me But this funny looking feller kept on And he was me mad with some of the things he said Then he put his hand on my I said, "If you don't get paw off me I'm gonna locate your nose around the other side of head"
He said, "I love it when you get fire in your eye I said, "Well, partner try on for size" And I unloaded on him and he out like a light Everybody in place must have been his friend all headed for me, I said, "This is the end" But I come from, we don't give up without a fight
They were and yelling and scratching and clawing I was and hitting and kicking and pawing I was holding my own, I've been in a scrap or two Old Jim come up out of the blue And that gal he was with, running up too And proceeded to beat on me with a high heel
I grabbed her by the hair it came off in my And that beautiful girl was a beautiful man And old Jim just got sick right on the floor He dropped that dude like a shot a gun Smeared his lipstick, his makeup run And me and old Jim started fighting our way to the
Man, we lit out of there in Chevrolet I put in on the floor and it that way We was going' down the doing about a hundred and ten We were for home and we was getting nearer Then a red light came on the view mirror And that blame cop was pulling us over again
Now I'm sitting' here in county jail I had to my Daddy to go our bail But I learned me a lesson that I will forget again I've done give up drinking', I've give up And running around the country in up cars I'm going back where the are women and the men are men