I'd like to call somebody to the stage that you as a folk singer But that you haven't met in his role
Paul is a comedian with a unique point of and commentary And in this capacity, and gentlemen Please welcome with me to the stage, my good My compatriot, Stookey
That was the sound of a ball Or if you're a ping-pong enthusiast, that was a sound of a ball generally you'll hear
That's the of a match between a golfer and a ping-pong enthusiast
I played golf today, 18 holes I played golf, I did pretty good too, I you would have been very proud of me Four. Five. Six
I don't like sports very There's a vast number of sports that I'm not in. water skiing In order to water ski, really you should swim, You're not gonna stay up all the time, now And I like to swim, really You know swimming is to me? Staying when I'm in the water. I'll do anything to stay Even swallow Co2
But I didn't come out here to about sports I really, I out here, Peter talks about status And I cannot think of one material object that has status in this country Than the And it starts at a very age now, right? I mean, now at 14, want the car, right? get cheaters permits so they can drive You get a learners at 15, a cheaters permit at 14 And it's, I guess it's necessary because You lose a lot of calling up a girl and asking her If you can peddle right over and her up, right?
don't really go for that any more And if you look back on all the you had the automobile Aside from a few interesting evenings You got to that one of the nicest times 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 take the car, ha Beautiful day for a drive, I I'll go out Ha haaa ha huuu
And then, and they level you with that giant killer, right? HAVE YOU DONE HOMEWORK?
If you were fast, you'd say, mom, dad, have I done my Run out the You pick up 3 other great pretenders, 3 oclock in the The time is now 10 oclock in the The 4 guys are in the same car Well, you wanna do? I don't know, you wanna do? Hey, we've been for 7 hours Hey, I got an idea, he he Yeah, that? Lets go to a drive-in and look at the girls, hehehe Oh, ok Well, they are, but they're all from our high school Wait a minute, there's a car load there There's a place right to them, lets go get it
Don't at 'em Here's the in the girls car you never heard
Here come There are Don't at 'em
Remember the time when first opened And the girls used to come out to take order? Now lucky you know, if you get a girl in slacks who delivers it I understand they're even in conveyor belts in some drive-in resturants There was a time when the girls came running out in short little skirts Remember You in And the little girl would come up May I take your sir? Yes, but I don't it's on the menu, ha ha They don't, they don't let you flirt any now They give you a green box with a white button on it A little grill, right
Oh, ok, um, like one cheeseburger deluxe special extra The one you have out here the little white cup With whatever that's in there, we'll take it, whatever it is And uh, like two hamburgers 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 shakes, regular thick, for spoons you know THICK And we'd like two strawberry 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 understand I mean? Are you
Well, could you tell us what we have
And six-packs take it And after you get food order in, you got at least 40 minutes to wait Even if it's just a cup of coffee you got 40 minutes to And you cannot get out of your car, Remember there was a time drive-ins first opened You to pull in and get out, exchange hellos, greetings Evidentally people were getting out and exchanging a little heavier than hellos and greetings They have policemen there to keep you in car You can be 47 old and drop your credit cards on the ground Officer, my wallet I care who you are kid back in the car If you do get out, you be very careful the new resturants have radar now So you to crawl on your belly between the cars You get to the side of the car Psssst here! I come up, they'll spot me Put your window
windows, huh? Whoo, this is a pretty car Hey, a pretty fancy broad
If you did manage to get out of the drive-in resturant without being There was a sporting event taking place at the traffic Remember, with all of two Mr. Businessman who drove a 4-door sedan with black-wall tires Automatic Seated next to him in a 1941 gray coated Ford With it's rear end 2 inches off the Tomato for mufflers his back to the drivers window, his left arm draped over the steering wheel His hand gripped onto the gearshift lever A on lips sat THE KID
Well, Mr. has just had his bands tightened, and Those of you who are not quite sure what I By your bands tightened The are the rings in an automatic transmission Which actually affect the change Uh huh, give you an example This is an automobile with bands
This is an with loose bands
Well, Mr. Businessman has just had his bands And he thinks that he will 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 during the war years Which assumed meant V for victory Actually if you'll recall Winston Churchill smokes a cigar, right? He used to it in here, right? And he would turn to his friends on the stage and say a drag? See, and the picked it up The light The light changes to and Mr. Businessman decides to get very daring He pulls the automatic transmission into low He puts one on the brake holding the foot on the brake, in order to get that extra fast start He pulls the automatic transmission down low And pushes down on the accelerator five The car is internally He knows, he knows, he knows he's have to have another band job not gonna let THE KID show him up The changes to green, Mr. Businessman is off
Looks at the speedometer, 80, 90, 95, 96, 97, 98 miles an Looks out the and The Kids not even there You know there?
He looks in the rear view mirror and The still back at the corner He never anybody He just sits there and the hell out of them