Best Pickup Truck Poems
(song lyrics)
Verse 1:
Now I can’t go fishin’, ‘cuz ya’ sold my rod and reel
Can’t go snow-racin’, ‘cuz ya’ sold my snowmobile
And I got flaws - that’s for sure - and sometimes run amuck
But the final straw that I can’t take: Ya’ sold my pickup truck
Chorus:
You can burn the house, shoot my dog and stomp my ol’ guitar
But when you sold my pickup truck, well, Honey, ya’ went too far
Verse 2:
I didn’t care when ya’ bought that stuff on TV’s QVC
Or ‘cause ya’ always thought of me as your private Money Tree
Or catalog-orderin’ ever’thing from within ol’ Sears Roebuck
But I’ll be danged if I’ll sit still since ya’ sold my pickup truck!
Chorus:
You can burn the house, shoot my dog and stomp my ol’ guitar
But when you sold my pickup truck, well, Honey, ya’ went too far
Verse 3:
So I went and saw a gypsy gal, and a curse on you imposed
To put sand in your chewin' gum and runners in your panty hose
And all your clothes and accessories to never, ever match
And chiggers in your bed sheets - so you’ll always have to scratch!
Chorus:
You can burn the house, shoot my dog and stomp my ol’ guitar
But when you sold my pickup truck, well, Honey, ya’ went too far
Verse 4:
I seen ya’ last Saturday night at Bubba’s Bar and Grill
The image of you in stripes and checks remains within me still
And them red chigger welts upon your nose and face
Tells me that the gypsy curse is workin’ ever’ place!
Chorus:
You can burn the house, shoot my dog and stomp my ol’ guitar
But when you sold my pickup truck, well, Honey, ya’ went too far
Tell me
What you see
When you
Look at me
is it really what you thought
it was?
And I've
had enough
of things like love
and bitterness.
Got no one to thank but the
clouds in the sky,
but why, why do they seem
so grateful?
Sign me up for the winter
cuz the summer's got me down
When I see all these hard bodies
it makes me frown
I was asking a friend just the other day
If there was anything he'd do to help me on my way
He said he'd like to but I was asking to much
All that stuff in the back of my pickup truck
I haul it around every where I go
Where its gonna end up I don't know
One day I'm gonna get rid of that junk
That stuff in the back of my pickup truck
It's full of broken promises and wasted prayers
A lot of hurt feelings caused by I don't cares
Love gone bad loaded up with pain
Its enough to drive a normal man insane
Every place I go, I think I don't belong
I just can't understand where I went wrong
But people don't care why my life is so tough
Damned that stuff in the back of my pickup truck
Could unload any place, of no use, not very fair
Lord I am on my knees with a foxhole prayer
Please take this hell away from this old drunk
Rid me of the stuff in the back of my pickup truck
David Gary Pennington
The pickup truck ahead of us
Had decals on the glass,
The first a flag – American –
Like many cars we pass.
The second, a machine gun,
At an angle, all in white,
Announcing to the world
Someone is looking for a fight.
I guess interpretation
May arrive at different ends
But I’m pretty sure that driver
Wouldn’t be among my friends.
Well, I had dust on my Texas boots
Long week, same long dirt road
Talkin' to my old Mustang
Like the sunlight could enlighten my goal
Sky cracked open over the hayfield
A UFO with green glow in my front windshield
Thought it was the radio talkin'
Till that UFO light dropped on me fast
Now I'm ridin' high in a UFO, my cowboy hat tipped far and low
Got my boots on the dash, see the beaches of Florida below
Left my worries behind, flyin' off into the galaxy, like a Milky Way
Pickup truck to Pluto, yeah; I finally broke through its hole
Out of the hometown, out, the same ol' joke into the stars
I'm ridin' high in a UFO, lovin' my sci-fi stardust flight!
Big flying saucer with a green trucker cap
Said, "Hop in; we're out to new heights!"
Hit a button; we were sky high, shining brightly
Earth's beaches lookin' like a tiny blue marble below
The Martians said, "You sing; we drive."
You talk; I glide through the skies.
So, I gave him my backroad insight
As he gave me that timeless high ride!
Now I'm ridin' in a UFO, a hat tipped low, sunbeams aglow!
Got my boots on the dash; see the big marble below
Let my worries drift away,
Dreaming of the Cosmos
Pick up truck to Pluto, yeah, I finally reached the moon
Away from the hometown, out, the same ol' routine
I'm ridin' high in a UFO, gazing down on people below
From a two-lane, slow lane
To a moon-rock fast lane
Still the same boy, just a whole new view
Got a cowboy cap, looking down from paradise
In a zero-gravity lane
Still country, just cleaner in blue skies, crossing galaxies
Yeah, I'm ridin' through the Cosmos
In a UFO, in a flying saucer
Got my boots on the dash; seeing the world below
Left my worries in the Asteroids, dancing on stars
Pick up truck to Plute, yeah, I finally broke through
Out of the hometown; out, the same problems
I'm ridin' free in a UFO,
Escaped the rat-race
Ridin' in a colorful UFO, and I'm not goin' home, nah, exploring science's mysteries with my sci-fi lovin' heart!