Long Black Ribbon
(I actually need a little help on this one, / not really poem/ not really song/ I call it a
cute ryhme ..
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I’ve crossed many a bridges
I’ve seen many a town
Now that long black ribbon beckons me
To put the hammer down.
Sometimes I get real lonesome
And I don’t know what to do
Long Black Ribbon Pardon me
I’d like to talk to you
Long black ribbon---here I am
This is what I do
I jam some gears and grind some teeth
Then I roll all over you..
Was down shifting south of Dallas
Pulled off to get some stew
When a blonde just in from Denver
Took my mind off you..
Had dinner at the café
I heard all about her life
But then I came back to you
And drove off in the night ..
Long black ribbon---here I am
This is what I do
I jam some gears and grind some teeth
Then I roll all over you..
Life sure has many pitfalls
And I’m not one to talk
My home an eighteen wheeler
And I have no plans to walk
People hear me late at night
With twin stacks both a blaze
The engine begs for mercy
While my eyes are but a glaze
Long black ribbon---here I am
This is what I do
I jam some gears and grind some teeth
Then I roll all over you
I listen to those trucking songs
I hear from town to town
I’ve made friends with some of those
Who put the hammer down..
And we joke around the truck stops
As we talk about the road
But aint that the kind of place
To have your story told
Long black ribbon---here I am
This is what I do
I jam some gears and grind some teeth
Then I roll all over you..
Graffiti on the overpass
The artist has come and gone
As we wish away the miles
Playing the same ole song
With bloodstains on the asphalt
Seems to be your tattoo
We close our eyes, and go to sleep
As we keep dying over you..
TAG,( Long black ribbon---here I am
This is what I do)
Norman Taulbee 2009 ©
Long black ribbon---here I am
This is what I do
Copyright © Norman Taulbee | Year Posted 2010
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