S.U.V., Mem Shannon

I DON'T MAKE MUCH MONEY
MY PAY IS WAY BELOW AVERAGE
CAN'T AFFORD NO NEW CAR
STILL DRIVING MY 71' MAVERICK
SHE AIN'T TOO FAST
BUT SHE GOOD ON GAS
SHE AIN'T ALL THAT SLOW
TAKES ME EVERYWHERE I WANNA GO

BEEN SEEING THESE NEW VEHICLES RUNNING ROUND
AIN'T GOT NO TRUNK AND STANDING WAY UP OFF THE GROUND
NOW I KNOW THEY WAS MADE FOR CLIMBING MOUNTAINS
AND DRIVING IN THE SNOW
BUT EVERY ONE I SEE, TRYIN' TO RUN OVER ME
WHEN I'M DRIVING TO THE GROCERY STORE

I'M SICK OF THESE S.O.B.'S DRIVING THESE S.U.V.'S
TRYING TO RUN OVER ME WHEN I'M IN MY BEAT UP CAR

WAIT A MINUTE
I CAN REMEMBER WHEN I COULD NAME EVERY CAR ON THE ROAD
YOU HAD CADILLACS, CHEVROLETS, BUICKS, PONTIACS,
LINCOLNS, CHRYSLERS, AND FORDS
NOW EVERYBODY'S DRIVING S.U.V.'S AND THEY ALL LOOK THE SAME
MOUNTAIN MONSTERS, LAND-EATERS ALL KINDS OF OL' CRAZY NAMES

NOW IF MY OLD CAR LET'S ME DOWN
AND SOMEBODY UPS AND STEALS HER
I AIN'T WASTIN' NO TIME
GOING STRAIGHT TO THE TOP
I'M BUYING A 18-WHEELER

I'M SICK OF THESE S.O.B.'S DRIVING THESE S.U.V.'S
TRYING TO RUN OVER ME WHEN I'M IN MY BEAT-UP CAR

my pet history

For those of you who took my poll, and are waiting for the answer, I have never had a pet named King. Seven of you answered correctly.

My first pet was a turtle. I think I was eight or nine. The turtle had no name, as far as I can recall. My dad rescued it from the middle of a road. We put it in a box in some dirt with a pan of water. I had it for three days, before it disappeared. My friends and I accused the mean girl across the street of stealing it, but years later, I decided my dad probably returned it to the wild. Who knows.

When I was in high school, my dad had a black lab named Maxi. I liked her a lot. I went over to his house a lot, and got her out of her pen to play. We'd play chase-the-stick, or play in the woods.

So that's about it for pets in my life. I've never had much interest in having animals around.

visit

Going to pick up J&B at the train station just before noon tomorrow. We're going to the art museum. Then we're having pizza for dinner before their evening train.

Cindy and I have been trying to get ready for their visit. She's been cleaning, and I've been working on the pizza. Making the dough, mostly.