Looking For The Moon – Tom Paxton
And now some Tom Paxton as another day comes to an conclusion ....
Music
Alice’s Restaurant – Original 1967 Recording
Happy Thanksgiving! The Alice's Restaurant massacree took place a half century ago today, or so the song says. Don't get caught driving garbage around on this Thanksgiving, and certainly not dumping it over a cliff where you might get caught. This song is probably why they have large fences installed in Massachusetts near all of the highway rest areas, to discourage people from dumping garbage.
Peter, Paul And Mary – “Very Last Day”.
When you drop the needle on the first track of Peter, Paul And Mary's first widely released-album, this song by Peter Yarrow starts playing. Seems appropriate these days.
Herb Alpert – Jerusalem.
This Herb Alpert song 45 years ago was number six on the charts. Seems like a good way to round on the mid-week -- somber but relaxed.
Dick Curless – Drag ’em Off the Interstate, Sock it To ’em, J.P Blues
"Well I just popped over the ole state line
My headlights focused on a welcome sign
When hidin' in the bushes there waitin' for me
Was a big policeman with a capital P
Shoutin' look out stranger you're headin' for danger
There's a welcome sign ahead""He dragged me up to the old town square
The justice of the peace waitin' for his shareHe said looky here boy you'd better slow down
You're in a heap of trouble in this one-horse town
So look out stranger you're headin' for danger
There's a welcome sign ahead"
"I've got those drag 'em off the interstate sock it to 'em JP blues"
"Yeah welcome in the evenin' sock 'em when they're leavin' bluesA kangaroo court is the last resort on a low down shake down cruise
Got them drag 'em off the interstate sock it to 'em JP blues""A woman gettin' mugged in the heart of town
Yells for the cops but there's none around
They're down on the interstate settin' a trap
A huntin' for a live one to skin and wrap
So look out stranger you're headin' for danger
There's a welcome sign ahead""When a sign says Welcome To God's Country
Lord you got competion from a slick JP
Fuzzy old buzzards that fill in their craws
With highway robbery in the name of the law
So look out stranger you're headin' for danger
There's a welcome sign ahead""I've got those drag 'em off the interstate sock it to 'em JP blues...
Got them drag 'em off the interstate sock it to 'em JP blues
Yeah here they come"
The late Mr. Curless sings the truth. Drive carefully when you pass those welcome signs.