The Jogger-Bobby Bare

[ti:The Jogger] [ar:Bobby Bare] [al:Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends And Lies (And More)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.01]The Jogger - Bobby Bare (Bobby Bare) [00:00.02]Written by：Sheldon Silverstein [00:00.04] [00:06.11]Well I've been a trucker more [00:07.27]Than twenty years [00:08.57]From the Charleston [00:09.11]Coast to the Jersey piers [00:10.90] [00:11.56]Sharin' the road [00:12.67]With race car nuts and loggers [00:14.38] [00:16.95]Sunday drivers scouts on hikes [00:19.30] [00:20.06]Hells Angels on Harley bikes [00:21.93] [00:22.57]I never met a roader [00:23.90]I didn't like cept them joggers [00:27.39] [00:29.32]One day I'm rollin' down 1-0-1 [00:31.39] [00:32.11]I got 18 wheels under 14-tons [00:33.88] [00:35.26]Radio playin' a good ol' country rocker [00:38.16] [00:40.54]The day was sure a trucker's dream [00:43.34]The sky was sunny and the air was clean [00:45.71] [00:46.35]When up ahead on the road [00:48.43]I seen one of them joggers [00:51.25] [00:53.02]He was dressed like they do in baby blue [00:55.96]With shortie shorts and a headband too [00:58.39] [00:58.99]I yelled Sweetie I bet [01:00.70]That you are the hit of the men's room locker [01:03.29] [01:04.26]But I'm a runnin' late with an overload [01:06.48] [01:07.43]So get your Adidas off a this road [01:09.98]I'm LA bound and I don't slow down [01:12.74]For dead raccoons or joggers [01:14.77] [01:17.02]Well without breakin' stride or losin' poise [01:19.85]He said you and [01:20.58]That rig sure make some noise [01:22.27] [01:22.83]But I can't talk now cause [01:24.48]I'm racin' against the clocker [01:25.93] [01:28.31]But it's just nine miles to Forkers Leap [01:31.20]And if you ain't afraid to race that heap [01:34.15]We'll see how that ol' rig [01:36.15]Holds up against a super jogger [01:38.79] [01:41.34]Race I must be hearin' wrong [01:44.11]The boy's been runnin' in the sun too long [01:46.43] [01:47.08]The only place he's racin' to is a doctor's [01:50.14] [01:52.56]But before I could say thank you no [01:55.33]That fool yells ready get set go [01:57.75] [01:58.30]And the race is on we're off [02:00.50]And gone me and that maniac jogger [02:02.97] [02:08.58]I could've left him far behind [02:10.49] [02:11.09]But I played with him like a fish on a line [02:13.92]And I stayed about a half [02:15.42]A mile behind that sucker [02:17.18] [02:19.60]Then I pushed her up to forty-five [02:21.58] [02:22.55]And he sees me comin' and he starts to fly [02:25.50]So I pushed her to sixty and shift to high [02:28.28]And finally catch that jogger [02:30.07] [02:30.70]And it wasn't easy [02:31.51] [02:32.79]Now I'm doin' eighty [02:34.15]And I turned to check [02:35.37]And he's stayin' right [02:36.39]With me neck in neck [02:38.00] [02:38.61]His hearts a thumpin' like [02:39.94]My engine goin' pop pop pocker [02:41.73] [02:44.14]Then he yells out I hope you're set [02:46.86]Cause I ain't shifted into second yet [02:49.79]Then he unwinds and leaves me [02:52.19]Behind eaten the dust of a jogger [02:54.77] [02:56.99]Then I see him joggin' up into the sky [02:59.87]And he yells hey thanks for the exercise [03:02.43] [03:03.03]I hope that losin' [03:04.31]This race was not too shockin' [03:06.61] [03:08.28]See my dad says heaven's no place to run [03:11.39] [03:12.05]And I try to be an obedient son [03:14.26] [03:15.00]So I have to come down [03:16.14]To earth to do my joggin' [03:17.99] [03:20.70]Well that's my story take it or leave it [03:23.64]My trucker buddies they believe it [03:26.34]So do those race car nuts [03:28.44]And Harley hoggers [03:29.52] [03:32.39]And I'm still drivin' much the same [03:34.42] [03:34.94]Cept I don't call nobody names [03:37.71]And I tip my hat each time [03:40.36]I pass one of them good old joggers [03:43.78] [03:47.65]Hey here comes one now [03:48.87] [03:50.61]Hey good buddy [03:51.81]How ya [03:52.58] [03:54.84]Want some gatorade