Stephen Simmons - Highway Patrolman lyrics

My name is Joe Roberts, I work for the state I'm a sergeant out of Perrineville barracks number 8 I always done an honest job, as honest as I could I got a brother named Franky, Franky ain't no good Ever since we was young kids, it's been the same come down I get a call on the short-wave, Franky's in trouble downtown Well, if it was any other man, I'd put him straight away But sometimes when it's your brother, man, you look the other way Yeah, we're laughin' and drinkin', nothin' feels better than blood on blood Takin' turns dancin' with Maria as the band played "The Night of the Johnstown Flood" I catch him when he's strayin', and I teach him to walk that line Man turns his back on his family, man, he ain't no friend of mine Well, Franky went in the army back in '65 I got a farm deferment, settled down and took Maria for my wife But them wheat prices kept on droppin' 'til it was like we was gettin' robbed Franky came home in '68, me, I took this job We're laughin' and drinkin', nothin' feels better than blood on blood Takin' turns dancin' with Maria as the band played "The Night of the Johnstown Flood" I catch him when he's strayin', and I teach him to walk that line Man turns his back on his family, man, he ain't no friend of mine Well, that night was like any other, I got a call 'bout quarter to nine There was trouble in a roadhouse out on the Michigan line There was a boy on the floor, lookin' bad, bleedin' hard from his head There was a girl cryin' at a table, it was Frank, they said Well, I went out and I jumped in my car and I hit the lights I must of done a hundred and ten through Michigan county that night It was down at the crossroads, down by Willows Bend Saw a car with Ohio plates, behind the wheel was Frank Well, I chased him through those county roads 'Til I saw a sign that said Canadian border five miles from here Pulled over the side of the highway Watched his taillights disappear Yeah, we're laughin' and drinkin', nothin' feels better than blood on blood Takin' turns dancin' with Maria as the band played "The Night of the Johnstown Flood" I catch him when he's strayin', and I teach him to walk that line Man turns his back on his family, man, he ain't no friend of mine