Georgie on the freeways (LP版)-Tom Paxton

[ti:georgie on the freeways] [ar:Tom Paxton] [al:Ain't That News (US Release)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Georgie on the freeways (LP版) - Tom Paxton [00:07.04]The summer sun was beating down [00:09.94]Oh pity would it show [00:12.68] [00:13.28]George Chester's office air conditioner [00:16.75]Would no longer go [00:19.14] [00:19.96]As pools of sweat rolled off his brow [00:23.32]He had one reverie [00:26.66]He saw himself with his wife and kids [00:29.88]In his cottage by the sea [00:33.32]He paid for his car at the parking lot [00:36.67]Which gave the poor man chills [00:39.98]The attendant laughed and walked away [00:43.52]Thumbing a roll of bills [00:46.90]He started his engine with trembling hands [00:50.42]At the end of a long hard day [00:53.62]And placing himself in the hands of God [00:57.04]He drove to the long freeway [01:01.06] [01:07.27]The traffic stretched far as the eye can see [01:10.31]As bumper to bumper they sped [01:13.78]They drove at supernatural speeds [01:17.14]Which filled his heart with dread [01:20.11] [01:20.65]Sometimes they stopped for an hour or more [01:24.01]And a thousand horns would blow [01:27.45]George Chester's eyes rolled back in his head [01:30.85]And his poor brain started to go [01:33.86] [01:34.45]He came at last to the turnpike gate [01:37.75]And he laid his money down [01:41.13]He took the fist turn to the right [01:44.56]And he followed the curve around [01:47.77]He took each bend of the clover leaf [01:51.57]He followed every sign [01:54.98]And when he came back to the same toll gate [01:58.40]He gave them another dime [02:01.68] [02:08.73]His hands were tight on the steering wheel [02:11.87]His lips and throat were dry [02:15.19]He swore by all that he held dear [02:18.72]He'd make it through or die [02:22.09]He took the first turn to the right [02:25.53]The clover leaf to go through [02:28.97]He was quite sure of his success [02:32.59]Till the toll gate rose in view [02:35.88]And now they say when the moon is full [02:39.30]And the clover leaf is still [02:42.77]The sound of an engine can be heard [02:46.51]Laboring up the hill [02:49.86]A dime drops in the toll machine [02:53.48]In the cool of a summer's night [02:56.82]And eternally that poor car [03:00.06]Takes the first turn to the right