Highway Patrolman

歌詞

My name is Joe Roberts, I work for the state I'm a sergeant out of Perrineville barracks number 8 I've always done an honest job, as honest as I could I got a brother named Franky, and Franky ain't no good Ever since we was young kids, it's been the same come down I get a call on the short-wave, Franky's in trouble downtown Well, if it was any other man, I'd put him straight away But when it's your own brother, you look the other way Yeah, with Franky laughin' and drinkin', nothin' feels better than blood on blood Takin' turns dancin' with Maria as the band played "Night of the Johnstown Flood" I catch him when he's strayin', like any brother would Man turns his back on family, well, he just ain't no good Franky went in the army back in '65 I got a farm deferment, took Maria for my wife Wheat prices kept on droppin' 'til it was like we was gettin' robbed Franky came home in '68, and me, I took this job Yeah, when we're laughin' and drinkin', nothin' feels like blood on blood Takin' turns dancin' with Maria as the band played "Night of the Johnstown Flood" I catch him when he's strayin', teach him to walk that line Man turns his back on his family, he ain't no friend of mine The night was like any other, I got a call 'bout quarter to nine There was trouble in a roadhouse out on the Michigan line There was a kid lyin' on the floor, bleedin' hard from his head There was a girl cryin' at a table and it was Frank, they said Well, I went out and jumped into my car and I hit the lights Must've done one hundred and ten through Michigan county that night It was out at the crossroads, down round Willow bank Seen a car with Ohio plates, behind the wheel was Frank I chased him through them county roads 'til a sign said Canadian border five miles Pulled to the side of the highway, watched his taillights disappear Franky laughin' and drinkin', nothin' feels like blood on blood Takin' turns dancin' with Maria as the band played "The Night of the Johnstown Flood" I catch him when he's strayin', like any brother would Man turns his back on his family, he just ain't no good Man turns his back on his family, he just ain't no good He just ain't no good