It Rattles But It Rolls
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 9:12 am
It Rattles But It RollsZeke rolled up to the tavernin his rickety old ridea rusted out station wagonwith wood along the sidepoor old tail pipe banginglike it puffed its last milethey asked why he hadn't junked itZeked just downed a shot and smiled"it rattles but it rollsrockin' loud and roughthe edges are jagged, runnin' kinda raggedbut that just means its toughdon't give up on somethingjust because it's oldit was made to last, it's still plenty fastyeah, it rattles but it rolls"Zeke walked up to the jukeboxhad a look at ev'ry songhe played the only oldieand ordered something stronglately music's gotten slickerone kid wanted something newZeke said, "when I shoot hard liquorhonky tonk's gotta be hard, tooit rattles but it rollsrockin' loud and roughthe edges are jagged, runnin' kinda raggedbut that just means its toughdon't give up on somethingjust because it's oldit was made to last, it's still plenty fastyeah, it rattles but it rolls"well that college kid,regretted what he didwhen he called that old song noisehe mouthed off to Zeke,cos his old knees creakedand there were Winstons in his voicebut Zeke just cracked his knucklesand knocked that hotshot coldhe taught that schoolboy a lessonthat he rattled but he rolledyeah, he rattles but he rollsrockin' loud and roughthe edges are jagged, runnin' kinda raggedbut that just means he's toughdon't give up on somethingjust because it's oldit was made to last, it's still plenty fastyeah, it rattles but it rolls(c)2004 Robert George