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You might be lucky enough to listen in on a conversation like I just did.
Man: everyone in our family done got cancer and died.
Woman: not uh, momma smoke her whole life and didn't get cancer b'fore she died.
Man: that's cause she got hit by that train.
Woman: I reckon so.
That I was able to maintain my composure and not spray Grand Slam out my nose, makes me deserving of a medal or something.
AnneD
(15,774 posts)for Gastronomic Bravery.
Mopar151
(10,006 posts)David Allen Coe - on the ideal country song and a bad day (written by John Prine & Steve Goodman, with input from Mr. Coe)
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)"YOU'RE A DETOUR ON THE HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN
(tune: The Great Speckled Bird)
When Momma lay a-dyin' on the flatbed,
She told me not to truck with girls like you,
But I was blinded by the glare of your headlights,
And went joy-ridin' just for the view.
(chorus)
You're a detour on the highway to heaven.
I am lost on the back roads of sin.
I have got to get back to the four-lane,
So that I can see Momma again.
Your curves made me lose my direction,
My hands from the steering wheel strayed,
But you were just one more roadside attraction:
It's been ten thousand miles since I prayed.
If you ever get out of the fast lane,
And get back to that highway above,
I'll be waiting for you at the tollbooth,
In that land where all roads end in love."
lyrics copyright 1993 by Joan Hess, Dorothy Cannell, and Sharyn McCrumb
This was written by award-winning mystery author Sharyn McCrumb, with assistance from fellow mystery writers Joan Hess and Dorothy Cannell. I know Hess included it in her 1994 novel "O Little Town of Maggody" and mystery writer Elizabeth Peters included it in her 1994 "Last Train to Memphis".
vanlassie
(5,694 posts)monmouth3
(3,871 posts)Mopar151
(10,006 posts)David Allen Coe spent 20 of his first 28 years in reform school or jail, IIRC, Johnny Cash and others helped him get parole and keep it together.
Another great one:
That's some old school country, right there.
John Prine has written and performed a lot of great songs. This one comes from his childhood, and speaks so eloquently. Jim & Jesse's version here adds those beautiful mountain harmonies, makes my heart ache every time I hear it
John Prine version, nice slideshow vid
Steve Goodman - a medly from Austin City Limits - a true "musicians musican", gone too soon 1984
monmouth3
(3,871 posts)alarimer
(16,245 posts)He has a song called N-Fucker.
And a couple of underground albums that are full of sexist garbage.
Mopar151
(10,006 posts)Maybe it was growing up in jail?
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)"Um, yeah, I'm on the light rail now. I'm on my way to visit my parole officer, then..."
Brigid
(17,621 posts)nirvana555
(448 posts)Gato Moteado
(9,879 posts)a short guy from Chicago:
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Initech
(100,129 posts)Incitatus
(5,317 posts)I thought you were going to mention a new bacn dish. Congrats on your restraint, though.
ashling
(25,771 posts)about 10 or 11 years ago:
Seniors Appreciation Week.
Buy one get one free
Frankly I thought they would be a little tough and stringy . . .
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)aged to perfection
Tabasco_Dave
(1,259 posts)when the local one stopped making mashed potatoes. They only give you fried potatoes now.
B Calm
(28,762 posts)texanwitch
(18,705 posts)I got mine.
I heard something about vets getting free pancakes.
Ihop also has a free meal on your birthday.
Just have to sign up on line.
Red Robin has a free hamburger on your birthday, just sign up on line.
Just check out free stuff on your birthday, lots of free food.