The Jogger
Recorded by Bobby Bare
Written by Shel Silverstein
[Verse 1]
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Well I've been a trucker now for twenty years
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From the Charleston coast to the Jersey piers
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And sharin' the road with the race car nuts and loggers
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Sunday drivers scouts on hikes Hells Angels on Harley bikes
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I never met a roader I didn't like cept them joggers
[Verse 2]
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One day I'm rollin' down 1 0 1
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I got 18 wheels and a fourteen ton
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Radio playin' a good ol' country rocker
The day was surely a trucker's dream
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The sky was sunny and the air was clean
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When up ahead on the road I seen a skinny sweatin' jogger
[Verse 3]
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Well he was dressed like they do in baby blue
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With shortie shorts and a headband too
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I yelled Sweetie I bet that you are the hit of the men's room locker
Well I'm a runnin' late with an overload
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So get your Adidas off a this road
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I'm LA bound and I don't slow down for dead raccoons or joggers
[Verse 4]
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Well without breakin' stride or losin' poise
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He says you and that rig sure make some noise
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I can't talk now I'm racin' against the clocker
But it's just nine miles to Forkers Leap
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And if you ain't afraid to race that heap
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We'll see how that ol' rig holds up against a super jogger
[Verse 5]
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Race I must be hearin' wrong
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The boy's been runnin' in the sun too long
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The only place he's a racin' to is a doctor
But before I could say hey thank ya no
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That fool yells ready get set go
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And the race is on and we're off and gone me and that maniac jogger
[Verse 6]
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Well now I could'a left him far behind
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But I played with him like a fish on a line
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And I stayed about a half a mile behind that sucker
Then I pushed her up to forty-five
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And he sees me comin' and he starts to fly
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So I pushed her to sixty and shift to high
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And finally catch that jogger and it wasn't easy
[Verse 7]
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Now I'm doin' eighty and I turned to check
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And he's stayin' right with me neck in neck
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His hearts a thumpin' like an engine goin' bocka bocka bocka
Then he said I hope you're set
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Cause I ain't shifted into second yet
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Then he unwinds and leaves me behind eaten the dust of a jogger
[Verse 8]
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Then I see him a joggin' up into the sky
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And he yells hey thanks for the exercise
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I hope that losin' the race was not too shockin'
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Ya see my dad says heaven's no place to run
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I try to be an obedient son
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So I come down to earth to do my joggin'
[Verse 9]
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Well that's the story take it or leave it
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My trucker buddies they believe it
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So do those race car nuts and Harley hoggers
Now I'm still drivin' much the same
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Cept I don't call nobody names
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And I tip my hat each time I pass one of them good old joggers
[Outro]
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And I say hey good buddy can I get ya sumpin
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How bout a little Gatorade here
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Naw that's alright I got plenty a-time