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He had plastic bags wrapped 'round his shoes.
He was covered with the Evening News.
Had a pair of old wool socks on his hands.
The bank sign was flashing "5 below",
It was freezing rain an' spittin' snow;
He was curled up behind some garbage cans.
I was afraid that he was dead:
I gave him a gentle shake.
When he opened up his eyes,
I said: "Old man, are you ok?"
He said: "I just climbed out of a cottonwood tree.
I was runnin' from some honey bees.
Drip dryin' in the summer breeze,
After jumpin' into Calico Creek.
I was walkin' down an old dirt road,
Past a field of hay that had just been mowed.
Man, I wish you'd just left me alone,
Cause I was almost home."
Then he said: "I w's just comin' 'round the barn,
Bout the time he grabbed my arm,
When I heard Momma holler: 'Son, hurry up.'
I was close enough for my own nose,
To smell fresh cobbler on the stove,
When I saw Daddy loadin' up the truck.
Cane poles on the tailgate,
Bobbers blowin' in the wind.
Since July of '55, That's as close as I've been.
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Yeah, I just climbed out of a cottonwood tree.
Well, I was runnin' from some honey bees.
Drip dryin' in the summer breeze,
After jumpin' into Calico Creek.
An' I was walkin' down an old dirt road,
Past a field of hay that had just been mowed.
Man, I wish you'd just left me alone,
I was almost home."
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I said: "Old man you're gonna freeze to death,
Let me drive you to the mission."
He said: "Boy, if you left me alone,
Right now, I'd be fishin'."
I just climbed out of a cottonwood tree.
I was runnin' from some honey bees.
An' drip dryin' in the summer breeze,
After jumpin' in to Calico Creek.
I was walkin' down an old dirt road,
Past a field of hay that had just been mowed.
Man, I wish you'd just left me alone,
Cause I was almost home.
Man, I wish you'd just left me alone,
I was almost home."
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May 8, 2003
