James McMurtry
James McMurtry - Choctaw Bingo lyrics
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Strap them kids in Give 'em a Little bit of vodka In a Cherry coke We're goin to Oklahoma To the Family reunion For the First time in years It's up at Uncle Slaton's Cuz he's gettin on in years You know he No longer travels but he's Still pretty spry Not much on talking He's just too mean to die And they'll be Comin' down from Kansas and from West Arkansas It'll be one Great big old party Like you Never saw Uncle Slaton's got his Texan pride Back in the thickets with his Asian bride He's got a Airstream trailer And a Holstein cow Still makes whiskey Cuz he Still knows how He plays that Chocktaw bingo Every Friday night You know he Had to leave texas but he won't say why He owns a quarter section up by Lake Eufaulla Caught a Great big ol bluecat On a Driftin jugline Sells his hardwood timber to the chippin' mill Cooks that Crystal meth Becuz his shine don't sell He cooks that crystal meth becuz His shine don't sell You know he Likes that money, He don't mind the smell My cousin Roscoe, Slaton's oldest boy From his second marriage Up in Illinois He uz Raised in East St Louis By his Mamma's people where they do Things different Thought he'd just come on down He's goin' to Dallas texas in a Semi truck Cross from that big mcdonalds You know that one that's built up on that Great big old bridge across the Will rogers turnpike Took the big cabin exit Stopped and bought a carton of cigarettes At that Indian smoke shop with the Big neon smoke rings In the cherokee nation Hit muskogee late that night Somebody Ran the stoplight At the Shawnee bypass Roscoe Tried to miss him But he didn't quite Bob and mae come pu from Some little town way down by Lake Texoma Where he Coaches football They were Two-A champions now for Two years running But he says they wont be this year No They wont be this year And he s Topped off in tuska At the pop knife and gun place Bought a Sks rifle And a couple full cases of that Steel core ammo With the Berdan primers From some East bloc nation That no longer needs em And a desert eagle That's one Great big old pistol I mean fifty caliber Made by Bad-ass Hebrews And some Surplus tracers for that old BAR Of slaton's As soon as it gets dark Were gonna Have us a time Were gonna Have us a Time Have us a time Ruth-anne and lynn come down from Bsxter Springs That's one Hell-raisin town way up in Southeastern kansas Got a Biker bar next to the Lingerie store That's got them rollin stones lips up there in Bright pink neon And they're right downtown where Everyone can see em And they burn all night You know They burn all night You know They burn all night Ruth ann and lynn They wear them Cutoff britches and them Skinny little halters And they're second cousins to me Man I don't care I wanna Get between um With a great big old hard on Like a fence post Hang a Pipe??? gate from Sister's twisters We'll be Having us some time Having us some time Uncle Slaton's got his Texan pride Back in the thickets with his Asian bride He's cut that Corner pasture into Acre lots He sells them Owner financed Strictly to them That's got no Kind of credit Cause he knows they're slackers And they'll Miss that payment And he Takes it back He plays that Choctaw bingo Every friday night He drinks his Johnny walker At that club 69 We're gonna Strap those kids in Give em a Little bit of benadryl We're gonna have us a time We're gonna have us a time