Me and my got us a wild hair And figured we wanted to go So we loaded up in my ragtop We had a little bit of money and a whole lot of And Hank Junior blaring on the radio We got a full of gas and we was on our way
We figured we'd go down to New We were down old 17 When a man with a red light was on our tail He said, "You were 60 in a 45 But I'm gonna let you go time But if I catch you again, I'm slap you in the county jail"
We said, "Thank you sir, you been nice And you ain't have to tell us twice" And we were Southbound and down the wind blowing in our faces We on rolling and pretty soon The was cooking out a haggard tune And we were pulling into Houston and out all the places
I was feeling dry and I said, "I We to stop and get ourselves a drink" Old Jim said, "Yeah we got time to kill" We kept on rolling and I this spot We into the parking lot Of this place called, Cloud Nine Bar and Grill'
We through the door and the place was jammed 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, let's have one round anyway" So against my better judgment we walked on
Went up to the bar and we sat This feller up and said, "I'll buy this round" And he sat down on the barstool to Jim He looked like a girl but he talked a guy He had lipstick on and mascara in his And everybody in that place looked just about him
I said, "Jim, this ain't our of bar Let's just go on out and get in the car 'Cause there's be trouble, ain't no sense in taking a chance" We was getting up, ready to leave When somebody 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 missing There's dancing and fellers kissing There's a feller in heeled shoes wearing panty hose" He said, "Partner, I just can't turn down You just go over there and have one more I'll dance the lady and we'll get on down the road"
So he walked away and me alone But this funny looking feller coming on And he was making me mad with some of the things he Then he put his hand on my I said, "If you get your paw off me I'm gonna locate your nose around the other side of head"
He said, "I love it when you get that fire in eye I said, "Well, try this on for size" And I unloaded on him and he went out a light Everybody in that must have been his friend all headed for me, I said, "This is the end" But where I come from, we give up without a fight
They were screaming and and scratching and clawing I was punching and hitting and kicking and I was holding my own, I've been in a scrap or two Old Jim come up out of the blue And gal he was with, come running up too And proceeded to beat on me with a heel shoe
I grabbed her by the it came off in my hand And that girl was just a beautiful man And old Jim just got sick right there on the He dropped that dude like a from a gun his lipstick, made his makeup run And me and old Jim started our way to the door
Man, we lit out of there in that I put in on the and it stayed that way We was going' down the doing about a hundred and ten We were headed for and we was getting nearer Then a red light came on the view mirror And that same blame cop was pulling us over
Now I'm sitting' here in county jail I had to call my to go our bail But I learned me a lesson that I never forget again done give up drinking', I've give up bars And running around the in souped up cars I'm going back the women are women and the men are men