James Mcmurtry Memorial Day lyrics

Memorial Day by James Mcmurtry

Memorial Day lyrics

Mama keeps tryin� to get the game on the radioDaddy�s gotta know the score
There�s a big yellow thing on a flat bed trailer
Wonder what that thing�s forWe got towels rolled up in the back seat window
Keeping us out of the sunJust a hundred more miles and we�ll be at grandma�s
Sure is gonna be fun
Maybe she�ll take us fishin�
Maybe she�ll bake us a pieRemember like she did that one time
Back before grandpa died

It�s Memorial Day in America
Everybody�s on the road
Let�s remember our fallen heroes
Y�all be sure and drive slow

Ninety eight degrees in the shade of the tool shed
Can�t go back in the house
They�re all in the kitchen yellin� �bout something
Don�t know what it�s about
Joey �n Mary said not to worry
Said it�s just the same old figh
tHappens whenever they all get together
Everything�s really alright

It�s Memorial Day in America
This is how it�s supposed to be
Let�s remember our fallen heroesIn the land of the free

Daddy�s in the big chair sippin� on a cold beer
Grandma�s cuttin� a switch
She overheard Mary cussin� her brother
Called him a son of a bitch
She got a good green limb off a sweet gum sapling
Man that�s bound to sting

But Mary don�t cry just stands there and takes it
Doesn�t seem to feel a thing
No Mary don�t cry, you know she�s a big girl
Wonder what made her so mad
She takes those licks looking in through the den door
Staring right straight at her dad

There�s a big yellow thing on a flat bed trailer
Daddy nearly hit that bird
They�re both in the front seat
Starin� right straight ahead
Neither one saying a word
The sun�s going down in the rear view mirror
Gonna be driving all night
Wonder if the neighbor�s fed the canary
Wonder if the cat�s alright