Jimmy Come Lately lyrics

I pull out the choke, pump hard on the gas
Oh, this wheezin` old bus is complaining.
The Dungeness winter is blowing its last
It`s cold, but for once it`s not raining.
`Good morning, Jennifer, welcome aboard
That`s a handsome new jacket you`re wearing
Now hustle up, Carrie, I`m closing the door
And I`ll ask you to knock off the swearing.`

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And it`s Jimmy Come Lately to Lost Mountain Road
The fog from the bay will be clearing
I`m crossing Dean Creek with a thirty-kid load
And I`d rather be nowhere but here.

I can still smell the sweat, hear the cry of the crowd
And the team on the magazine covers
My wallet was thick, the airports were loud
Till the Monday I knew it was over
My back had gone out and I lay awake nights
As I diagrammed plays on the ceiling
All the motel room calls to my long-distance wife
Made me feel like a junkie caught stealing.

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I`ve seen TV lights turn a good coach mean
Seen the pressure break a family apart
I grabbed for the glory, I wore the gold ring
And I barely escaped with my heart
Now Patrick Delaney--I`ve seen the kid play
God, he`s got the moves and the shooting
He`s already talking `bout U.C.L.A.
While the agents line up for the looting.

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Now Mary and me, we`re a comfortable fit
And the ocean here`s running with salmon
Evenings we take a long walk on the spit
And Sundays sometimes we go clamming
And they still make me offers and I just turn them down
It`s a wonder they bother to find me
I`ll leave to Valvano and Lewis and Brown
The wonders that I left behind me.

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