Winnebagoes

by Don Grooms
(as sung by Doug Gauss on Welcome to Florida)

They got their own CB's and color TV's
And every third car on the road
is some old man from Michigan
in a gol durn Winnebago

See them bumper to bumper on the highway
You can hear them yelling breaker one nine
But they only ever stop to buy what they call pop
and to pump out the sewer line
got decals on the window sayin' where they been
and bumper stickers sayin' where their bound
Pull into KOA and hit the hay
and their feet never touch the ground

They got their own CB's and color TV's
and every third car on the road
Is ma and pa from Saginaw
In a gol durn Winnebago

Now Winnebago I'm sure you know is an old Indian name
It means standing, stagnant putrid waters, it ain't no claim to fame
I'd like to drive for hours through the land of flowers
The home of the Seminole
Never see one man from Michigan
in no gol durn Winnebago

They got their own CB's and a color TV
and every third car on the road
is some reprobate from New York state
in a gol durn Winnebago

Ya can't go around sleepin on the ground
in a sleepin bag with just your clothes
The cops'll run you in less you're from Michigan
in a gol darn Winnebago

But some day when I'm old and my reflexes are slowed
And I got no business on the road
I'm gonna move up North
(spoken) I'm gonna rent me one of them 175 foot long Winnebagoes
I'm gonna find the biggest road you've got there
at five o'clock in the afternoon in the left hand lane
right turn signal on, I'm gonna hire me some kids sit in the back throw garbage out the window
have me a seatbelt dangling out of one of the doors makin' sparks on the pavement
In my gol durn Winnebago

They got their own CB's
And color Tv's and every third car on the road
is some novices from the provinces
or some old man from Michigan in a gol darn Winnebago




love, harpgirl