Good point, Greg. When we sung it, just horsing around (but never performed it)we changed the words enough to undoubtedly change the whole character of the song. Somehow, I never thought the focus was on the colored driver... I saw it more as a song about somebody who'd hit on hard times... much like Moving Day, as someone else mentioned. I do sing and perform Morning Blues, changing the line "Makes a nig... lips go flippity flop" to "Makes my lips go flippity flop" The whole song is in the first person, anyway. I would never sing the "n" word, and perhaps changing a couple of lines does change the character of the song, but sometimes it can have a different life, and still be fun to sing.

Now of course, being a songwriter, if you change any words in my songs, kiss your kneecaps goodbye. Just kidding... :-)

Jerry