I'd like to call somebody to the that you know as a folk singer But that you haven't met in his role
Paul is a with a unique point of view and commentary And in this capacity, and gentlemen Please with me to the stage, my good friend My compatriot, Paul
That was the of a golf ball Or if you're a ping-pong enthusiast, that was a sound of a ping-pong Except generally hear
That's the sound of a between a golfer and a ping-pong enthusiast
I played golf today, 18 holes I golf, wooo I did pretty good too, I think you would have been proud of me Four. Five. Six
I don't sports very much a vast number of sports that I'm not invlved in. There's skiing In order to water ski, really you swim, right? not gonna stay up there all the time, now And I don't like to swim, You what swimming is to me? alive when I'm in the water. I'll do anything to stay Even Co2 cartriges
But I didn't come out here to about sports I really, I came out here, Peter talks about And I think of one material object that has more status in this country the automobile And it starts at a early age now, right? I mean, now at 14, want the car, right? get cheaters permits so they can drive You get a permit at 15, a cheaters permit at 14 And it's, I it's really necessary because You lose a lot of face calling up a and asking her If you can peddle right over and her up, right?
They really go for that any more And if you look back on all the you had the automobile Aside from a few interesting saturday You got to admit that one of the nicest of all Was a sunday afternoon, if you get the car You come down the stairs, ker-clunk ker-clunk ker-clunk mom, dad, gonna the car, ha haaa day for a drive, I think I'll go out Ha haaa haaa ha
And then, and then they level you with that giant killer, HAVE YOU DONE YOUR
If you were fast, you'd say, mom, dad, have I done my Run out the You pick up 3 other great pretenders, 3 in the afternoon The time is now 10 in the evening The same 4 are in the same car Well, whata you do? I don't know, you wanna do? Hey, we've driving for 7 hours Hey, I got an idea, he he Yeah, what's go to a drive-in resturant and look at the girls, hehehe Oh, ok Well, here they are, but they're all from our high a minute, there's a car load over there There's a place next to them, lets go get it
look at 'em Here's the in the girls car you never heard
Here they There are Don't at 'em
Remember the time drive-ins first opened And the used to come out to take your order? Now you're lucky you know, if you get a girl in slacks who it I understand they're even putting in conveyor belts in drive-in resturants There was a time when the little girls came running out in little skirts them? You in And the little would come running up May I take your sir? Yes, but I don't believe on the menu, ha ha don't, they don't let you flirt any more now They give you a little box with a white button on it A little speaker grill,
Oh, ok, um, We'd like one cheeseburger deluxe extra The one you out here with the little white cup With whatever that's in there, we'll take it, whatever it is And uh, we'd like two medium rare with everything on 'em And one hamburger, no, one hamburger, meat, no One frank, and chiliburgers, ok? Alright, and we'd like two chocolate shakes, regular thick, for you know THICK And we'd like two shakes thin Water them down, or milk down a little, ok 'Cause we got somebody here chapped lips and they'd like it thin Can, you what I mean? Are you
Well, could you tell us we have please?
And six-packs take it And you get your food order in, you got at least 40 minutes to wait Even if it's just a cup of you got 40 minutes to wait And you cannot get out of car, right Remember there was a time when drive-ins opened You used to pull in and get out, hellos, greetings Evidentally some people were out and exchanging Something a little heavier than and greetings They have policemen there to you in your car You can be 47 years old and drop your credit on the ground Officer, that's my I don't care who you are kid in the car If you do get out, you be very careful Because the new have radar now So you have to crawl on your between the cars You get over to the of the car Psssst here! I can't come up, they'll me Put your window
Power windows, Whoo, is a pretty fancy car Hey, you're a pretty broad
If you did to get out of the drive-in resturant without being maimed was a sporting event taking place at the traffic light Remember, with all of two Mr. Businessman who drove a family sedan with black-wall tires Automatic next to him in a 1941 gray primer coated Ford With it's rear end 2 off the ground cans for mufflers With his back to the drivers window, his arm draped over the steering wheel His right hand gripped the gearshift lever A sneer on sat THE KID
Well, Mr. Businessman has just had his tightened, and Those of you who are not sure what I mean By having bands tightened The bands are the rings in an automatic actually affect the gear change Uh huh, give you an example This is an with tight bands
This is an automobile with loose
Well, Mr. Businessman has just had his bands And he thinks that he show THE KID a thing or two Meanwhile, THE KID Has inched these 2 up over his left arm This is the universal signlanguage among teenagers for You probably recall Winston Churchill the war years Which assumed meant V for victory Actually if you'll also recall Winston Churchill a cigar, right? He used to hold it in here, And occationally he turn to his friends on the stage and say Want a See, and the kids it up The light The light changes to amber and Mr. Businessman decides to get daring He the automatic transmission down into low He one foot on the brake Still holding the foot on the brake, in order to get that extra fast He pulls the automatic transmission down low And pushes on the accelerator five inches The car is internally He knows, he knows, he knows he's have to have another band job He's not gonna let THE KID him up The light to green, Mr. Businessman is off
Looks at the speedometer, 80, 90, 95, 96, 97, 98 miles an Looks out the window and The Kids not even You know what's
He looks in the rear view mirror and The Kids still at the corner He never races He just sits there and the hell out of them