Me and my got us a wild hair And we wanted to go somewhere So we loaded up in my Chevrolet We had a little bit of money and a whole lot of And Hank Junior blaring on the radio We got a tank of gas and we was on our way
We figured we'd go to New Orleans We barrelling' down old 17 a man with a blinking 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 slap 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 cooking out a tune And we were into Houston and checking out all the places
I was feeling dry and I said, "I We to stop and get ourselves a drink" Old Jim said, "Yeah 'cause we got to kill" We kept on and I seen this spot We pulled the parking lot Of this place called, 'The Cloud Nine Bar and
We walked the door and the place was jammed The lights low, they had a punk rock band And some orange feller singing about suicide I said, "Jim, this ain't our of place He said, "Well, let's just have one anyway" So against my better we walked on inside
Went up to the bar and we sat feller walked 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 on and mascara in his eyes And everybody in that looked just about like him
I said, "Jim, ain't our kind of bar just go on out and get back in the car 'Cause there's gonna be trouble, ain't no in taking a chance" We was up, getting ready to leave somebody grabbed old Jim by the sleeve And this good girl, she was asking my buddy to dance
I said, "Jim, do it, there's something missing There's fellers dancing and kissing There's a in high heeled shoes wearing panty hose" He said, "Partner, I just can't turn down You go over there and have one more round I'll dance with the lady and get on down the road"
So he walked away and me alone But funny looking feller kept coming on And he was making me mad 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 of your head"
He said, "I love it when you get that fire in eye I said, "Well, partner try on for size" And I unloaded on him and he out like a light Everybody in that place must have his friend all headed for me, I said, "This is the end" But where I come from, we don't give up without a
They were screaming and 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 her by the hair it came off in my hand And beautiful girl was just a beautiful man And old Jim got sick right there on the floor 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' the highway doing about a hundred and ten We were headed for home and we was getting Then a red light came on the view mirror And that same blame cop was pulling us again
Now I'm sitting' in this county jail I had to my Daddy to go our bail But I learned me a lesson that I never will forget I've done give up drinking', give up bars And running around the country in up cars I'm back where the women are women and the men are men