I'd like to call somebody to the stage you know as a folk singer But that you haven't met in his role
Paul is a with a unique point of view and commentary And in this capacity, ladies and Please welcome me to the stage, my good friend My compatriot, Stookey
That was the sound of a golf Or if a ping-pong enthusiast, that was a sound of a ping-pong ball Except generally hear
That's the sound of a match between a golfer and a enthusiast
I played golf today, 18 holes I played golf, I did pretty good too, I think you would have very proud of me Four. Five. Six
I don't like very much There's a vast of sports that I'm not invlved in. There's water In order to ski, really you should swim, right? You're not stay up there all the time, now And I like to swim, really You know what is to me? alive when I'm in the water. I'll do to stay afloat Even Co2 cartriges
But I didn't come out here to talk about I really, I came out here, Peter talks status And I cannot think of one material object that has status in this country Than the And it at a very early age now, right? I mean, now at 14, want the car, right? They get cheaters so they can drive You get a learners permit at 15, a cheaters at 14 And it's, I guess really necessary because You lose a lot of face calling up a girl and her If you can peddle right over and pick her up,
don't really go for that any more And if you look back on all the you had the automobile Aside from a few interesting evenings You got to admit that one of the times of all Was a afternoon, if you could get the car You down the stairs, ker-clunk ker-clunk ker-clunk ker-clunk mom, dad, take the car, ha haaa Beautiful day for a drive, I I'll go out Ha haaa ha huuu
And then, and then they you with that giant killer, right? YOU DONE YOUR HOMEWORK?
If you fast, you'd say, mom, dad, have I done my homework? Run out the You up 3 other great pretenders, 3 oclock in the afternoon The is now 10 oclock in the evening The same 4 guys are in the car Well, you wanna do? I don't know, you wanna do? Hey, we've been driving for 7 Hey, I got an idea, he he Yeah, what's Lets go to a drive-in resturant and at the girls, hehehe Oh, ok Well, here they are, but they're all our high school a minute, there's a car load over there There's a place next to them, lets go get it
look at 'em Here's the conversation in the car you never heard
Here they they are Don't at 'em
Remember the time when drive-ins first And the girls used to come out to take order? Now lucky you know, if you get a girl in slacks who delivers it I understand they're even putting in conveyor in some drive-in resturants There was a time when the little girls came running out in little skirts them? You in And the little girl would running up May I take your order Yes, but I don't believe on the menu, ha ha They don't, they don't let you flirt any now They give you a little box with a white button on it A little grill, right
Oh, ok, um, We'd like one cheeseburger special extra The one you have out here with the white cup With that whatever that's in there, take it, whatever it is And uh, we'd like two hamburgers medium rare with on 'em And one hamburger, no, one hamburger, meat, no One frank, and chiliburgers, ok? Alright, and we'd like two chocolate shakes, regular thick, for spoons you know And we'd two strawberry shakes thin Water them down, or milk down a little, ok 'Cause we got somebody with chapped lips and they'd like it thin Can, you understand what I Are you
Well, could you tell us what we please?
And six-packs We'll it And after you get your order in, you got at least 40 minutes to wait Even if it's just a cup of coffee you got 40 to wait And you get out of your car, right there was a time when drive-ins first opened You used to pull in and get out, exchange hellos, Evidentally some people were out and exchanging Something a little heavier hellos and greetings have policemen there to keep you in your car You can be 47 years old and drop your credit on the ground Officer, that's my I care who you are kid back in the car If you do get out, you be very careful the new resturants have radar now So you have to on your belly between the cars You get over to the of the car Psssst here! I can't up, they'll spot me Put your window
Power windows, Whoo, this is a pretty car Hey, you're a pretty broad
If you did manage to get out of the drive-in resturant being maimed There was a sporting taking place at the traffic light Remember, all of two characters Mr. Businessman who drove a family sedan with black-wall tires transmission Seated next to him in a 1941 primer coated Ford With rear end 2 inches off the ground Tomato for mufflers With his back to the drivers window, his left arm draped the steering wheel His right hand gripped the gearshift lever A on lips sat THE KID
Well, Mr. Businessman has had his bands tightened, and of you who are not quite sure what I mean By having bands tightened The bands are the rings in an automatic Which actually the gear change Uh huh, I'll give you an This is an automobile tight bands
This is an automobile loose bands
Well, Mr. Businessman has just had his tightened And he thinks that he will THE KID a thing or two Meanwhile, THE KID Has these 2 fingers up over his left arm This is the signlanguage among teenagers for dragging You probably recall Winston Churchill the war years Which everyone meant V for victory if you'll also recall Winston Churchill smokes a cigar, right? He to hold it in here, right? And occationally he would to his friends on the stage and say Want a See, and the picked it up The light The changes to amber and Mr. Businessman decides to get very daring He pulls the automatic transmission into low He puts one foot on the Still holding the foot on the brake, in order to get that extra fast He pulls the automatic transmission down low And down on the accelerator five inches The car is hemorraging He knows, he knows, he knows he's have to have another band job He's not let THE KID show him up The light changes to green, Mr. is off
at the speedometer, 80, 90, 95, 96, 97, 98 miles an hour Looks out the window and The Kids not even You what's there?
He looks in the rear view mirror and The Kids back at the corner He never races He just there and scares the hell out of them