Me and my buddy got us a hair And we wanted to go somewhere So we loaded up in my Chevrolet We had a little bit of money and a lot of show And Hank Junior blaring on the radio We got a full of gas and we was on our way
We figured go down to New Orleans We were down old 17 When a man with a red light was on our tail He said, "You doin' 60 in a 45 But I'm gonna let you go time But if I catch you again, I'm gonna you in the county jail"
We said, "Thank you sir, you sure nice And you ain't have to tell us twice" And we were Southbound and down with the wind blowing in our We kept on and pretty soon The radio was out a haggard tune And we pulling into Houston and checking out all the places
I was dry and I said, "I think We ought to and get ourselves a drink" Old Jim said, "Yeah 'cause we got to kill" We kept on rolling and I this spot We pulled the parking lot Of this place called, 'The Nine Bar and Grill'
We walked the door and the place was jammed The were low, they had a punk rock band And some orange haired feller singing about I said, "Jim, this ain't our of place He said, "Well, just have one round anyway" So against my judgment we walked on inside
up to the bar and we sat down This feller walked up and said, "I'll buy round" And he sat down on the barstool to Jim He looked like a but he talked like a guy He had lipstick on and mascara in his And everybody in that place looked about like him
I said, "Jim, ain't our kind of bar Let's just go on out and get in the car 'Cause there's gonna be trouble, ain't no sense in a chance" We was up, getting ready to leave When somebody old Jim by the sleeve And this good looking girl, she was asking my buddy to
I said, "Jim, don't do it, there's missing There's fellers and fellers kissing There's a feller in high heeled shoes wearing hose" He said, "Partner, I just turn this 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 feller kept coming on And he was making me mad with 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 nose around the other side of your head"
He said, "I it when you get that fire in your eye I said, "Well, try this on for size" And I unloaded on him and he went out like a Everybody in that place must have been his They all for me, I said, "This is the end" But where I come from, we don't give up without a
They were screaming and yelling and and clawing I was punching and 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, come up too And proceeded to beat on me a high heel shoe
I grabbed her by the hair it came off in my And that girl was just a beautiful man And old Jim just got sick right on the floor He dropped that dude like a from a gun Smeared his lipstick, made his run And me and old Jim started our way to the door
Man, we lit out of in that Chevrolet I put in on the floor and it that way We was going' down the highway about a hundred and ten We headed for home and we was getting nearer Then a red light came on the rear mirror And that blame cop was pulling us over again
Now I'm sitting' here in this jail I had to call my to go our bail But I learned me a lesson that I never forget again I've done give up drinking', I've give up And running the country in souped up cars I'm going back where the women are and the men are men