Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 18:07:28 -0800
Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: vanagon song
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Where's Jim when we really need him! :)
On 12/7/06, Mike Collum <collum@verizon.net > wrote:
>
> Nope ... but in that you had to ask ...
>
> "Lucille" Based on the performance by Kenny Rogers
> "Loose Wheel" Parody by Jan Unwin
> Loose Wheel
>
> On a road in Toledo, across from the depot
> I was cruising in my old heap.
> It wasn't good lookin'
> But I was sure bookin'
> And anyway I got it dirt cheap.
> Me and my old lady
> Were cruising 'bout 80
> When the car really started to roar
> Round the curve we were turnin', and something was burnin'
> But I shoved that old gas pedal down to the floor
>
> In the mirror I saw something cruise down the highway
> I thought how it looked out of place
> It was my tire, going like fire
> I had a strange look on my face
> I really don't know but, it looked like a donut
> For a minute I thought I was dead
> I started crying, I thought we were dying
> I looked out the windshield and said
>
> You picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel
> With four old bald tires, you were such a good deal
> I've had some clunkers, some really bad junkers
> But you were just a great steal
> You picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel
>
> After the collision, I made a decision
> I thought how I'd lived through it all
> In the glow of the headlights, I checked out the damage
> You really couldn't see much at all
> I started thinking, I'm glad I'm not drinking
> And these words came back time after time
>
> You picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel
> With 4 old bald tires, you were such a good deal
> I've had some clunkers, some really bad junkers
> But you were just a great steal
> You picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel
>
> Mike
>
> Jake de Villiers wrote:
> > Maybe you were thinking of the "Asleep at the Wheel" version of Bob
> > Wills' 'I Saw Miles and Miles of Texas'.
> >
> > On 12/7/06, * Mike Collum* <collum@verizon.net
> > <mailto:collum@verizon.net>> wrote:
> >
> > "You picked a fine time to leave me Loose Wheel" ... uh ... oh never
>
> > mind.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jake
> > 1984 Vanagon GL
> > 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> > www.crescentbeachguitar.com <http://www.crescentbeachguitar.com>
>
--
Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
www.crescentbeachguitar.com
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