I fell down to my bending knees
Saying "I dig farmers, don't
shoot me please"
He cocked his rifle and began
to shout,
"Are you that travelling salesman
that i have heard about?"
I said, "No, no, no, I'm a
doctor and it's true
I'm a clean cut kid and I've
been to college too."
Well in comes his daughter
whose name was Rita
She looked like she stepped
out of A Dolce Vita
I immediate tried to cool
it with her dad
And told him what a nice pretty
farm he had
He said, "What do doctors
know about farms pray tell?"
I said, "I was born at the
bottom of a wishing well."
Well by the dirt neath my nails,
I guess he knew I wouldn't lie
He said, "I guess your tired,"
he said it kinda sly
I said, "Yes ten thousand
miles today I drove."
He said, "I got a bed for
you underneath the stove
Just one condition you can
go to sleep right now
that you don't touch my daughter
and in the morning milk the cows."
I was sleeping like a rat when
I heard something jerkin'
There stood Rita looking just
like Tony Perkins
She said, "Would you like
to take a shower? I'll show you up to the door."
I said, "Oh, no, no, I've
been through this movie before."
I knew I had to split, but
I did not know how
When she said, "Would you
like to take that shower now?"
Well I couldn't leave unless
the old man chased me out
'Cause I'd already promised
that I'd milk his cows
I had to say something to
strike him very weird
So I yelled, "I like Fidel
Castro and his beard!"
Rita looked offended, but
she got out of the way
As he came charging down the
stairs saying, "What's that I heard you say?"
"I said I like Fidel Castro,
I think you heard me right."
Then I ducked as he swung
at me with all his might
Rita mumbled something 'bout
her mother on the hill
As his fist hit it the icebox
he said he was gonna kill
Me if I don't get out the
door in two seconds flat
"You unpatriotic rotten doctor
commie rat."
Well he threw a Reader's Digest
at my head and I did run
I did a somersault as I seen
him get his gun
And crashed through the window
at a hundred miles an hour
And landed fully glassed in
his garden flowers
Rita said, "Come back," and
he started to load
The sun was coming up and
was running down the road
Well I don't figure I'll be
back there for a spell
Even though Rita moved away
and got a job at a motel
He still waits for me constant
on the sly
He wants to turn me in to
the F.B.I.
Me I romp and stomping, thankful
as I romp
Without freedom of speech,
I might be in the swamp.
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