GTOguy
11-13-2024, 3:29pm
It was snowing hard in Banner Elk
I needed one more fare for the night
A man up ahead waved to flag me down
He got in at the light
Where to, Sir--it looks like you're stuck
Your Zippy Truck's in the ditch
'Take me down to the Food Lion--this shopping trip is a bitch.'
Something about him was familiar
I could swear I'd seen his face before
But he said 'you must be mistaken'
And he didn't say anything more
It took a while but he looked in the mirror
And glanced at my license for my name
A smile seemed to come to him slowly
It was a sad smile, all the same
And he said 'How are you Goat Guy?'
And I said 'How are you Yad?
Through the too many posts and the too many boasts I can see you still wear plaid.'
It was lost in a fairy tale
We used to post at Vette Barn
We learned about Big Bob and soup cans and cars
The lesson hadn't gone too far
You see, I used to be a mechanic
And Yadkin was an engineer
I took off to drive a taxi
And Yadkin ended up here.
There was not much more for us to talk about
Whatever we once had was gone
So I turned the cab into the Food Lion
Past the homeless folks on the lawn
And he said 'we ought to get together'
But I knew it would never be arranged
And he handed me 40 dollars for a ten dollar fare
He said 'keep the change'.
Well another man might have been angry
And another man might have been hurt
And another man might have pulled him out of that ditch
I tucked the bills in my shirt
And he walked away towards the Food Lion
It's strange how you never know
But we'd both shared threads on the forum
Such a long, long time ago.
I needed one more fare for the night
A man up ahead waved to flag me down
He got in at the light
Where to, Sir--it looks like you're stuck
Your Zippy Truck's in the ditch
'Take me down to the Food Lion--this shopping trip is a bitch.'
Something about him was familiar
I could swear I'd seen his face before
But he said 'you must be mistaken'
And he didn't say anything more
It took a while but he looked in the mirror
And glanced at my license for my name
A smile seemed to come to him slowly
It was a sad smile, all the same
And he said 'How are you Goat Guy?'
And I said 'How are you Yad?
Through the too many posts and the too many boasts I can see you still wear plaid.'
It was lost in a fairy tale
We used to post at Vette Barn
We learned about Big Bob and soup cans and cars
The lesson hadn't gone too far
You see, I used to be a mechanic
And Yadkin was an engineer
I took off to drive a taxi
And Yadkin ended up here.
There was not much more for us to talk about
Whatever we once had was gone
So I turned the cab into the Food Lion
Past the homeless folks on the lawn
And he said 'we ought to get together'
But I knew it would never be arranged
And he handed me 40 dollars for a ten dollar fare
He said 'keep the change'.
Well another man might have been angry
And another man might have been hurt
And another man might have pulled him out of that ditch
I tucked the bills in my shirt
And he walked away towards the Food Lion
It's strange how you never know
But we'd both shared threads on the forum
Such a long, long time ago.