Highway Patrolman

<br>My name is Joe Roberts I work for the state <br>Im a sergeant out of Perrineville barracks number 8 <br>I always done an honest job as honest as I could <br>I got a brother named Franky and Franky aint no good <br><br>Now ever since we was young kids its been the same come down <br>I get a call over the radio Frankys in trouble downtown <br>Well if it was any other man, Id put him straight away <br>But when its your brother sometimes you look the other way <br><br>Me and Franky laughin and drinkin nothin feels better than blood on blood <br>Takin turns dancin with Maria as the band played "Night of the Johnstown Flood" <br>I catch him when hes strayin like any brother would <br>Man turns his back on his family well he just aint no good <br><br>Well Franky went in the army back in 1965 I got a farm deferment settled down took Maria for my wife <br>But them wheat prices kept on droppin till it was like we were gettin robbed <br>Franky came home in 68 and me I took this job <br><br>Yea were laughin and drinkin nothin feels better than blood on blood <br>Takin turns dancin with Maria as the band played "Night of the Johnstown Flood" <br>I catch him when hes strayin, teach him how to walk that line <br>Man turns his back on his family he aint no friend of mine <br><br>The night was like any other, I got a call bout quarter to nine <br>There was trouble in a roadhouse out on the Michigan line <br>There was a kid lyin on the floor lookin bad, bleedin hard from his head there was a girl cryin at a table, it was Frank they said <br>Well I went out and I jumped in my car and I hit the lights <br>I must of done 110 through Michigan county that night <br><br>It was out at the crossroads down round Willow bank <br>Seen a Buick with Ohio plates behind the wheel was Frank <br>Well I chased him through them county roads till a sign said Canadian border 5 miles from here <br>I pulled over the side of the highway and watched his taillights disappear <br><br>Me and Franky laughin and drinkin nothin feels better than blood on blood <br>Takin turns dancin with Maria as the band played "Night of the Johnstown Flood" <br>I catch him when hes strayin like any brother would <br>Man turns his back on his family well he just aint no good