Highway Patrolman

Lyrics

[Verse 1] My name is Joe Roberts I work for the state I'm a sergeant out of Perrineville Barracks number eight I've always done an honest job As honest as I could I got a brother named Frankie And Frankie ain't no good [Verse 2] Ever since we was young kids It's been the same come down I get a call on the shortwave Frankie's in trouble downtown Well, if it was any other man I'd put him straight away But when it's your own brother You look the other way [Chorus] Yeah, with Frankie laughing and drinking Nothing feels like blood on blood Taking turns dancing with Maria As the band played "Night of the Johnstown Flood" I catch him when he's straying Like any brother would Man turns his back on family Well, he just ain't no good [Verse 3] Frankie went in the army Back in '65 I got a farm deferment Took Maria for my wife But wheat prices kept on dropping 'Til it was like we was getting robbed Frankie came home in '68 And me, I took this job [Chorus] Yeah, when we're laughing and drinking Nothing feels like blood on blood Taking turns dancing with Maria As the band played "Night of the Johnstown Flood" I catch him when he's straying Teach him to walk that line Man turns his back on his family He ain't no friend of mine [Verse 4] The night was like any other I got a call about a quarter to nine There was trouble in a roadhouse Out on the Michigan line There was a kid lying on the floor Bleeding hard from his head There was a girl crying at a table And it was Frank, they said [Verse 5] Well, I went out and jumped into my car And I hit the lights I must've done one hundred and ten Through Michigan County that night It was out at the crossroads Down 'round Willow Bank Seen a car with Ohio plates Behind the wheel was Frank [Verse 6] I chased him through them county roads 'Til a sign said "Canadian border five miles" I pulled to the side of the highway And watched his taillights disappear [Chorus] Frankie laughing and drinking Nothing feels like blood on blood Taking turns dancing with Maria As the band played "Night of the Johnstown Flood" I catch him when he's straying Like any brother would Man turns his back on his family Well, he just ain't no good [Outro] Man turns his back on his family Well, he just ain't no good Well, he just ain't no good