Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Georgie on the Freeways, artist - Tom Paxton.
Date of issue: 07.02.2005
Record label: Elektra Entertainment, Warner Strategic Marketing
Song language: English
Georgie on the Freeways |
The summer sun was beating down |
Oh pity would it show |
George Chester’s office air conditioner |
Would no longer go |
As pools of sweat rolled off his brow |
He had one reverie |
He saw himself with his wife and kids |
In his cottage by the sea |
He paid for his car at the parking lot |
Which gave the poor man chills |
The attendant laughed and walked away |
Thumbing a roll of bills |
He started his engine with trembling hands |
At the end of a long, hard day |
And placing himself in the hands of God |
He drove to the long freeway |
The traffic stretched far as the eye can see |
As bumper to bumper they sped |
They drove at supernatural speeds |
Which filled his heart with dread |
Sometimes they stopped for an hour or more |
And a thousand horns would blow |
George Chester’s eyes rolled back in his head |
And his poor brain started to go |
He came at last to the turnpike gate |
And he laid his money down |
He took the fist turn to the right |
And he followed the curve around |
He took each bend of the clover leaf |
He followed every sign |
And when he came back to the same toll gate |
He gave them another dime |
His hands were tight on the steering wheel |
His lips and throat were dry |
He swore by all that he held dear |
He’d make it through or die |
He took the first turn to the right |
The clover leaf to go through |
He was quite sure of his success |
Till the toll gate rose in view |
And now they say when the moon is full |
And the clover leaf is still |
The sound of an engine can be heard |
Laboring up the hill |
A dime drops in the toll machine |
In the cool of a summer’s night |
And eternally that poor car |
Takes the first turn to the right |