The Joke (2002 Reissue Bonus Track)

(альбом: Good Old Boys - 1974)

A rabbit being chased by a big, black dog
Through the early morning fog
Over the meadow and past the bog,
They were running

The rabbit had jumped a fence or two
Cause that's what rabbits like to do
Big black dog had to jump 'em too
They was running

Now this black dog had a brother
'Cept he was white as snow
One looked like the other
Least that's how the story go

So the black dog's chasing the rabbit down the road
And he seen a familiar face he knowed
He said, "Hey there white dog, what you say?
Take over chasing this rabbit, all right?
Thank you, get away!
Take over chasing this rabbit
Or they'll be no rabbit stew today for us."

And here what the white dog say
He say, "That rabbit smiled as he went by
He know he got you beat, that's why.
You wait here and I'll chase a while
Cause I hate to see a rabbit smile."
So off he go, off the white dog go.

Now when that little rabbit looked around
He jumped four feet off the ground
He said, "That big old dog that's chasing me
Why, he's taken off his jacket and he's running free
He's taken off his jacket and he's catching me."

Now there's a moral to this story
For crazy rabbits with dreams of glory
Any rabbit think a dog wear a jacket
Should get out of the rabbit racket.
One dog's brother is another dog's child
And no one likes to see a rabbit smile.