wood chipper

well

i'm from the midwest

i know enough to cut a path

around a wood chipper

and be careful

of any conversation

a man starts by callin' you skipper

'cause there ain't no ocean 'round here

though a lotta little lakes where you could disappear

i wonder what the fish are bitin' on today

jimmy

she told me not

to follow her down here

said he was crazy about her

i guess i didn't know

what that meant

just knew i couldn't do without her

then i seen 'em through the window sash

he had a forty four pistol and a bag of cash

and she was foldin' some kinda pretty note paper into her breast pocket

what some people won't do

to break up a happy home

what some people won't do

to break up a happy home

well

i got the picture

a temporary love shack

in the middle of no place

they were plannin'

on usin' that cash

to get away bold-faced

now how long did they think they could stay

the troopers and the marshall's surely on their way

i ran through the yard and i banged my knee on his wood chipper

i was screamin' like a baby

she appeared at the window

he opened the door

and when i looked up

he said skipper