Susanville

(album: Slippery When Ill - 1989)

With 800 pounds on 18 wheels
After 800 miles you know how it feels
To have your rear so numb you gotta poke it to see if it's still there
Well it's one more load to one more town
Only problem is they're all starting to sound a bit similar
Lord knows they all look the same
So I got some hot coffee in Furnace Creek
Abut the trouble is I was never neat
And I spilled it and my map and phonebook were a blur
But I had a girl and a job to do
Or was that job and a girl to do?
I don't know I had to go and my velvet interior was a soggy mess

[Chorus:]
I think I got a girl named Mary down in Susanville
Waiting for me to come home and make her my wife
I know I got a load of something going to somewhereville
But I can't remember which to save my life

With a load to Mr. Johnson in Watsoville
Or is that a load to Mr. Watson in Johnsonville?
Well, anyway, after several days I don't know what or if it mattered
Just a load of placer to Cedarville
Or a load of cedar to Placerville
Or a container full of things up to Diamond Springs for an indoor swapmeet
Is that a cargo of hay south to Northfork
Some plastic forks north to Hayfork
Or a bunch of men's nugget watches straight through to Pixley
Or Apple Jacks down to Fall River Mills
Or honor snacks up to Downieville?
Well, the white girls are cute that I've met in Blackbute
But I'll stick to the road and finish my beer and coffee

[Chorus]

Now I am marrying Jane from Susanville
Or am I suing Jane from Mary'sville?
Cause if I am I better call Ernie my attorney from Burney Falls
Well, all I know is if I recall
She had the longest legs and she was kinda tall
And prettier than a catfish with its nose up against the dam
Without a girl and some time to kill
I ran some baby food to Gerberville
And took some airplane parts to Wilbur in Oreville
Now that can't be Wright
Well it's one more load one more town
Only problem is they're all starting to sound a bit similar
Lord knows they all look the same

[Chorus]