Highway Patrolman-Bruce Springsteen

[ti:Highway Patrolman] [ar:Bruce Springsteen] [al:Nebraska] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Highway Patrolman - Bruce Springsteen [00:06.34]My name is joe roberts I work for the state [00:14.96]I'm a sergeant out of perrineville barracks number 8 [00:24.67]I always done an honest job as honest as I could [00:33.70]I got a brother named frankie and frankie ain't no good [00:43.12]Now ever since we was young kids its been the same come down [00:52.07]I get a call over the radio frankies in trouble downtown [01:01.04]Well if it was any other man Id put him straight away [01:10.96]But when its your brother sometimes you look the other way [01:18.70]Yeah me and frankie laughin and drinkin [01:22.94]Nothin feels better than blood on blood [01:27.50]Takin turns dancin with maria as the band [01:32.94]Played night of the johnstown flood [01:37.75]I catch him when hes strayin like any brother would [01:47.59]Man turns his back on his family well he just ain't no good [01:56.16]Well frankie went in the army back in 1965 [02:05.89]I got a farm deferment settled down took maria for my wife [02:14.19]But them wheat prices kept on droppin till it was like we were gettin [02:21.41]Robbed [02:24.21]Frankie came home in '68 and me I took this job [02:32.43]Yeah were laughin and drinkin [02:36.55]Nothin feels better than blood on blood [02:41.62]Takin turns dancin with maria as the band [02:46.99]Played night of the johnstown flood [02:51.66]I catch him when hes strayin teach him how to walk that line [03:01.84]Man turns his back on his family he ain't no friend of mine [03:19.06]Well the night was like any other I got a call 'bout quarter to nine [03:28.86]There was trouble in a roadhouse out on the michigan line [03:37.58]There was a kid lyin on the floor lookin bad bleedin hard from his head [03:46.75]There was a girl cryn at a table and it was frank they said [03:55.62]Well I went out and I jumped in my car and I hit the lights [04:04.79]Well I musta done one hundred and ten through michigan county that night [04:14.34]It was out at the crossroads down 'round willow bank [04:23.04]Seen a buick with ohio plates behind the wheel was frank [04:32.03]Well I chased him through them county roads [04:37.65]Till a sign said canadian border five miles from here [04:42.26]I pulled over the side of the highway and watched his tail-lights disappear [04:51.17]Me and frankie laughin and drinkin [04:55.19]Nothin feels better than blood on blood [05:00.30]Takin turns dancin with maria as the band [05:05.42]Played night of the johnstown flood [05:11.09]I catch him when he's strayin' like any brother would [05:19.68]Man turns his back on his family well he just ain't no good