Michael Johnson - Chicken Road Lyrics
Once I got a splinter in the joint of my little toeAnd a garter snake bit my knee by the bend of the little St. JoeHoney that's Missouri, the land of the dust and the toadIt's a wonderful town, Chicken RoadOnce I had a scorpion on the lobe of my good right earAnd I lived with my great-great grandmaWho could hear what she wanted to hearHoney that's Missouri, the land where the sky overflowsIt's a wonderful town, Chicken RoadBeasts of burden, nip at their hayAnd a poolroom banjo playin' to the close of every dayNight so quiet, you could hear a mouseTippin' through the parlor of a boarding houseOnce I got a sunburn on the back of my itchin' neckWent for a ride in a Model-T and I died in a beautiful wreckHoney that's Missouri, the land that the Lord never knowedYes, it's a wonderful town, Chicken Road