little houdini

christopher daniel gay was arrested on a friday

in florida at the daytona international speedway

he was a fugitive on the run

christopher made a quick escape

while being transported in a van

that was picking up convicts state to state. he did it during a bathroom break

he hot-wired somebody's pickup

in fact

christopher had a long history of theft

involving trucks

he was on route to alabama

for stealing someone's travel trailer

grand theft auto

he was a career criminal

jailbird

who also had three outstanding warrants

in his home state of tennessee

it was an outstanding performance that set him free

little houdini

stole a big rig

then a tour bus that belonged to crystal gayle

to evade a five state manhunt that wanted to put that birdy back in jail

but they failed

'cause christopher wasn't just running from cops

christopher gay was now racing a clock

his mother was dying

and there was no time to be held

inside of a cage with locks

so yall can turn up your nose

and suck on your teeth and wag your finger like tsk-tsk

but he had to take the risk

little houdini

there wasn't a single thing sinister in his decision

to break from the prison

his only motive was to go back to his childhood home

while his mom was still living

it wasn't a house

more like an old mobile camper

where she was bedridden diagnosed with colon cancer

sometimes

the only answer we're left with

when the loved one's name is on the death list

is to head for the exits and go home

christopher got the hell out of texas

his abandonment was reckless

it prolonged his sentence

y'all can forget it

he had numerous convictions and none were as strong as this

unless you consider the other instance

he went the distance

similar situation

it was a bizarre coincidence

when he escaped from the prison the first time

not this time

but the one before

he visited his dad

cause he was dying inside of a mental ward

suffering from alzheimer's

he paid respects

made his peace

when he was done

he didn't run

he returned himself back to the police

that's when his mom made her plea

she said: he knows what he done was wrong