Dar Williams - Highway Patrolman Lyrics
Words and music by Bruce SpringsteenFrom Badlands: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen's NebraskaMy name is Joe Roberts I work for the stateI'm a sergeant out of Perrineville barracks number 8I always done an honest job as honest as I couldI got a brother named Franky and Frank he ain't no goodNow ever since we was young kids it's been the same come downI get a call on the shortwave Franky's in trouble downtownWell if it was any other man, I'd put him straight awayBut when it's your brother sometimes you look the other wayCHORUS 1:Yeah, me and Franky laughing and drinking nothing feels better than blood on bloodTakin' turns dancin' with Marie as the band played Night of the Johnstown FloodI catch him when he's straying like any brother wouldMan turns his back on his family well he just ain't no goodWell Franky went in the army back in 1965I got a farm deferment, settled down, took Maria for my wifeBut them wheat prices kept on dropping 'till it was like we were getting robbedFranky came home in '68, and me, I took this jobCHORUS 2:Yea we're laughing and drinking nothing feels better than blood on bloodTakin' turns dancin' with Marie as the band played Night of the Johnstown FloodI catch him when he's straying, teach him how to walk that lineMan turns his back on his family he ain't no friend of mineWell the night was like any other, I got a call 'bout quarter to nineThere was trouble in a roadhouse out on the Michigan lineThere was a kid lying on the floor lookin' bad bleedin' hard from his headThere was a girl crying at a table and it was Frank, they saidWell I went out and I jumped in my car and I hit the lightsBut I
