Good Friends And Neighbors

Well it was midnight cold and rainy

In the sleepy town of Fairburn population small

An angry man stood out on Main Street

Shiverin' in his coat sleeves by the City Hall wall

Thumbin’ every car that’s passed him in for an hour

But they wouldn't look at him at all

So he yelled damn you friends and neighbors you won't give me a ride

My feet are sore from walking and I'm froze to my inside

Lord a man could catch his death of cold or a severe case of flu

Thanks to friends and neighbors like you

Well he come storming into my restaurant

Dripping water soakin’ wet in a freezing cold

I poured him a hot black cup of coffee took his coat off cussing mad

And here's a tale that he told

Said I picked up a young hitchhiker

Took my billfold and my car and let me off down the road

Well I must have walked for hours to get here

Went to see your friendly sheriff in my desperation

He just sit there and picked his teeth

Laughed a little when I told him of my situation

And when I finished he leaned back and belched

Said let me see some identification

Cause he said damn you friends and neighbors seems like every Saturday night

I get an earful of this same old bull cause some drunk gets off half tight

Every weekend's the same old story don't get home till one or two

Thanks to friends and neighbors like you

Well I called your sheriff a dirty name

Then was thrown out through his front door by a big deputy

I hit that sidewalk cussin' shook my fist back in his face

Said you can't do this to me

Cause I'm a circuit judge for Monroe sheriff

And you gonna pay for all this indignity

Well I've seen some angry people

But I never seen a man as mad as that fellow was

He said I never did like Fairburn I hate the rain I hate hitchhikers

And I'm sick of your local fuss

And if I ever saw a town that needs another sheriff

This is one town that does

And he yelled damn these friends and neighbors as he grabbed his coat to leave

Well this night I spent in Fairburn just too funny to believe

Lord I could write a book of jokes about what I've been through

In this town of friends and neighbors like you