(bill fries, chip davis) Me an’ earl was haulin’ chickens on a flatbed out of wiggins, and we’d spent all night on the uphill side of thirty-seven miles of hell called wolf creek pass. which is up on the great divide? We was settin’ there suckin’ toothpicks, drinkin’ nehi and onion soup mix, and i […]
Sloan - Wolf Creek Pass
(bill fries, chip davis) Well, i found him on the corner of seventh and main In the iowa township of sloan (township of sloan…) He’s tired, and he’s hungry, he’s old, and he’s grungy And parked in a no-parkin’ zone Well i bent down an’ says "how ya doin’, old fella?" He tried to get […]
(bill fries, chip davis) From the album wolf creek pass When the skies are gray, and the wind is cold, i remember. how the snow was silver, and the leaves were gold when i left her. it was early mornin’, on a rocky mountain september. and she was gon R> Well now it’s five a.m. […]
(bill fries, chip davis) Well, interstate 80, we was cuttin’ the fog Just me an’ old sloan (old sloan’s my dog) We had an eighteen-wheeler with ten on the floor and stereo layin’ a strip Now we spied a sign, says "eat gas now" We decided to whip in and pick up some chow At […]
Old 30 - Wolf Creek Pass
(bill fries, chip davis) She was mud and sand and concrete Mixed with water made a’ tears From the rivers runnin’ down the great divide She was three thousand miles Of rockin’, rollin’ highway A million mem’ries long and two lanes wide Far across the wide missouri To the ol’ wyomin’ line From the jersey […]
(bill fries, chip davis) [a ghostly chorus] Night rider Well, a-truckin’ on the night line, quarter past five Tryin’ to get my rig an’ me to ‘frisco alive Fog lights up tight, a-givin’ me the creeps Just a winnemucca trucka with a load a’ black sheep [a ghostly chorus] Night rider I got a belly […]
(bill fries, chip davis) [clap your hands and stomp your feet.] Well, i’ve walked the line on 89 In the arizona sun I’ve chased the moon and i’ve caught a star On u.s. one-oh-one I’ve seen the sights from the northern lights To the bend in the rio grande I’ve took in a lot of […]
When rivers ran blue up on the mountain And rivers ran green out on the plain When the river ran red in glenwood canyon It was only a matter of time Then rivers ran gold up on the mountain And rivers ran wild out on the plain And the river ran free through glenwood canyon […]
(bill fries, chip davis) We is screamin’ through the valley Where the nishnabotna flows Through the mud and crud and cornfields Where the mari-ju-wana grows ‘cross the railroad tracks of persia Down the hills and up the dale Had a cj-5 with a four-wheel drive And smokey on my tail. Well, he picked me up […]
(bill fries, chip davis) I’s thumbin’ through the want ads in the shelby county tribune when this classified advertisement caught my eye. it said, "take imme-di-ate delivery on this ’57 chevrolet half-ton pickup tr Will sell or swap for a hide-a-bed and thirty-five bucks. call one-four-oh, ring two, and ask for bob." Well, i called […]
