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Thread #169891 Message #4220905
Posted By: Pappy Fiddle
15-Apr-25 - 12:10 AM
Thread Name: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them
Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them
Yikes, Joe, it's like you pulled the cork out of the dike... so what'll it hurt to add one more.
Growing up in L.A. with family up north we had numerous occasions to travel on Hwy 99. In the cold season there was sometimes thick fog. Kinda scary to be unable to see ~anything~ beyond the hood of the car, everybody creeping along about 10 mph except the occasional car bowling along at normal speed. So, I put together this:
Wreck in the Fog Woody Brison 2025
Up old Highway 99 On a sunny day the drive's just fine On a foggy day it's worth your life Be careful sonny how you drive
The fog's as thick as mama's soup You can't see anything worth a hoot You can't see the ornament on the hood Be careful people and drive real good
Even if you drive real slow There'll be some fool who doesn't know He won't see a thing until he's hit it Lord have mercy on them drivin' in it
Up old Highway 99 On a sunny day the drive's just fine On a foggy day it's worth your life Be careful sonny how you drive
Tom Duval was going real slow Feeling his way you'd almost say But not everybody was that wise Fools should not be allowed to drive
Sam was the man you know the one He came bowlin' along like he always done And smacked Tom's car like a billiard ball And into the ditch went Tom Duval
Up old Highway 99 On a sunny day the drive's just fine On a foggy day it's worth your life Be careful sonny how you drive
Then Mrs. Crowley slammed in fast Then two or three others added to the mass Along came a Freightliner doin' fifty five Who taught that idiot how to drive
Now farmer Frank he heard the noise And he dialed up the Highway Patrol Highway Patrol dispatched some boys By the time they arrived there were fifty cars all told
Up old Highway 99 On a sunny day the drive's just fine On a foggy day it's worth your life Be careful sonny how you drive