Jack Vs. Jose-Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers

[ti:Jack Vs. Jose] [ar:Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers] [al:Honky Tonk Union] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Jack Vs. Jose - Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers [00:22.03]Well I stepped off the bus in Memphis [00:25.80]And stumbled into the first saloon I could find [00:29.21] [00:30.09]I bellied-up to the rail and summoned my barkeep [00:33.97]I ordered up tequila some salt and a lime [00:37.77]And she said [00:38.53]Son you ain't from around here is you [00:42.77]And I said politely [00:44.55]No no ma'am I ain't [00:46.50]She said Sonny [00:47.44] [00:48.36]Let me give you a little bit of friendly Southern advice [00:50.52]We don't use that junk around here for nothing 'cept well maybe [00:53.55]Thinning out paint [00:54.64]And she said Son [00:56.49]Why don't you just take a look around [00:58.37]And tell me what you see [01:00.36] [01:04.51]Well I saw a lot of white-felt Stetson hats and gatorskin boots [01:07.91]You know and every Southern man [01:10.24]Who had a lady on his arm was drinking whiskey [01:14.05] [01:16.60]So I said I do not wish to be out of order ma'am [01:19.32]I am not a tramp or a bum [01:20.97] [01:21.52]The dusty Mexican borderlands [01:23.56]Are where I have just come from [01:25.79]And with all due respect and deference [01:29.04]Tequila is my preference [01:31.61] [01:42.09]So she said Relax honey [01:44.52] [01:45.12]You know I would never treat you wrong [01:46.93]And then she poured me up 3 fingers of that old number 7 [01:51.30]She said Rest assured darlin' [01:52.73] [01:53.62]If we're drinkin' it down here in Dixie [01:55.35] [01:56.89]That's cause that's what they're pourin' up in heaven [01:59.89]And I said Ma'am your hospitality is well intentioned [02:05.73]Yes I know you mean to treat me well [02:08.66]It's just that where I come from [02:10.69]Born and raised in Arizona don't you know [02:12.99]Me and my friends be more likely to be found drinking [02:15.27]What they serve down in hell [02:17.12]And she said Son [02:18.19]Why don't you just take a look around [02:20.28] [02:20.86]And tell me what you see [02:22.42] [02:26.80]Well I saw a lot of furrowed brows [02:28.57]Under them white-felt Stetson hats [02:30.43]And every Southern man who had a lady on his arm [02:34.47]Was looking kinda angry [02:36.98] [02:38.72]So I said I do not wish to be out of order gents [02:41.73]I am not a tramp or a bum [02:43.78]The dusty Mexican borderlands [02:45.87]Are where I have just come from [02:48.01]And with all due respect and deference [02:51.23]Tequila is my preference [02:53.98] [03:34.61]So she said Hey look you little polecat [03:37.55]You better knock that whiskey back [03:39.45]Before us Southern folks get angry [03:41.64]We come and skin you to the bone [03:43.50]And I ain't exactly sure how that old saying goes [03:45.74]Boy but I do know it underscores the fact [03:47.87]You best be drinking what the Romans drink [03:50.45]When you're drinking down in Rome [03:52.06]And I said Ma'am [03:53.11] [03:54.02]I can see that you just do not understand [03:56.08]And I've been trying to get a proper drink [03:57.96]Out of this bar now the WHOLE DAMN NIGHT [04:01.22]So kindly set me up that tequila honey [04:03.59]And let me get it into my blood [04:05.09]And I will take you and your whiskey-sipping [04:06.79]Southern boys up on that there fight [04:09.63]And she said Son [04:11.22]Why don't you just take yourself a look around [04:13.90]And tell me what you see [04:15.44] [04:19.68]Well I saw a lot of grinding teeth [04:21.18]And I saw a lot of clinching fists out there [04:23.20]And every Southern man who once was over there [04:25.93]Sitting at the bar was up and coming after me [04:29.79] [04:31.35]So I said I do not wish to be out of order here gentlemen [04:33.89]I am not a tramp and I am not a bum [04:35.93] [04:36.75]The dusty Mexican borderlands [04:37.95] [04:38.47]Are where I have just come from [04:40.46]And with all due respect and deference [04:43.84]Yeah with all due respect and deference [04:49.25]With all due respect and deference [04:53.83]Gentlemen kindly do not throw me out a** backwards [04:55.70]For hankerin' for a less-civilized spirit [04:57.24]Why don't I just mosey on along [04:58.48]And find my tequila on my way back west [05:06.96] [05:07.62]A Dios rogando y con el mazo dando Katie bar [05:10.37]The door pass the gunpowder and praise the Lord [05:12.43]And as I make haste yet slowly to mis amigos you [05:14.82]May deem lowly and unholy [05:16.24]I will tell them what I've learned [05:17.56]Though I've been gulagged [05:18.54]And I've been spurned [05:19.50]Si a Roma fueres haz como vieres [05:21.37]Or when in Rome do as the Romans do [05:23.03]But memphis why not try something new [05:24.50]And when the barbarians arrive here [05:25.69]At your gate treat us not [05:27.00]With fear and hate for we come not to conquer [05:28.95]Or be rude but to raise a glass and say Salúd