Lyrics Highway Patrolman.lrc Ryan Adams
[id: tznckfrs]
[ar: Ryan Adams]
[al: Nebraska]
[ti: Highway Patrolman]
[length: 06:41]
[00:08.78]My name is Joe Roberts and I work for the state
[00:16.58]I’m sergeant out of Perrineville barracks number eight
[00:25.20]I always done an honest job, as honest as I could
[00:35.13]I got a brother named Frankie, and Frankie ain’t no good
[00:42.77]Now, ever since we was young kids, it’s been the same comedown
[00:51.76]Get a call on the shortwave, Frankie’s in trouble downtown
[01:00.06]Well, if it was any other man, I’d put him in straight away
[01:09.91]But when it’s your brother, sometimes you look the other way
[01:17.34]Yeah, me and Frankie, laughin’ and drinkin’
[01:21.82]Nothin’ feels better than blood on blood
[01:26.37]Takin’ turns dancin’ with Maria
[01:29.91]As the band played “Night of the Johnstown Flood”
[01:35.05]I catch him when he’s strayin’
[01:40.48]Like any brother would
[01:44.83]Man turns his back on his family
[01:47.09]Well, he just ain’t no good
[01:52.65]Well, Frankie went in the army back in 1965
[02:02.36]I got a farm deferment, settled down, took Maria for my wife
[02:10.01]But them wheat prices kept on droppin’ ’til it was like we was gettin’ robbed
[02:19.38]Frankie came home in ’68, me, I took this job
[02:27.57]Yeah, we’re laughin’ and drinkin’
[02:31.70]Nothin’ feels better than blood on blood
[02:36.11]Takin’ turns dancin’ with Maria
[02:40.00]As the band played “Night of the Johnstown Flood”
[02:44.92]I catch him when he’s strayin’
[02:49.09]Teach him how to walk that line
[02:54.66]Man turns his back on his family
[02:57.32]He ain’t no friend of mine
[03:02.23]Well, that night was like any other, I got a call ’bout a quarter to nine
[03:11.05]There’s trouble in a roadhouse out on Michigan line
[03:19.90]There’s a kid lyin’ on the floor, lookin’ bad, bleedin’ hard from his head
[03:28.81]There’s a girl cryin’ at the table, “It was Frank,” they said
[03:37.34]Well, I went out and jumped in my car, and I hit the lights
[03:46.10]Well, I must’ve done a 110 through Michigan County that night
[03:54.84]It was out at the crossroads, down round Willow Bank
[04:03.52]Seen a view with Ohio plates, behind the wheel was Frank
[04:12.27]Yeah, me and Frankie, we’re laughin’ and drinkin’
[04:16.52]Nothin’ feels better than blood on blood
[04:20.73]Takin’ turns dancin’ with Maria
[04:24.42]As the band played “Night of the Johnstown Flood”
[04:29.73]I catch him when he’s strayin’
[04:34.01]Like any brother would
[04:38.54]Man turns his back on his family
[04:41.58]Well, he just ain’t no good
[04:51.60]I chased him through the country roads
[04:55.38]’Til a sign said, “Canadian border, five miles”
[05:00.58]Over the side of the highway
[05:02.45]And watched his taillights disappear
[05:08.54]Yeah, me and Frankie, laughin’ and drinkin’
[05:13.09]Nothin’ feels better than blood on blood
[05:17.04]Takin’ turns dancin’ with Maria
[05:21.61]As the band played, “Night of the Johnstown Flood”
[05:26.39]I catch him when he’s strayin’
[05:29.65]Like any brother would
[05:36.02]Man turns his back on his family
[05:38.52]Well, he just ain’t no good
[05:42.44]Year of Release: 2023