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Subject:Re: Frydaye Evening Blues ...
From:Bob Stevens
Date:Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:06:46 -0600

Well Unc, I've done it now! I cut and pasted your poem in an email to the
staff at CBS requesting they see if they can move your missive
to Uncle Tom. But .... they don't know where you live! ;-) The DO know you
created it though.

bob

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 2:26 PM, joel walker <uncajoel@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> this one is for Tom Hanks. ;)
> (you'll have to make up your own melody ... i couldn't find one that
> sounded right)
> unca joel
>
>
>
> Them Vanagon Blues
>    by John Lee Muddy Waterbus
>
>
>   <chorus>
>  i got them vanagon blues,
>   no matter which way i choose,
>     they follow me wherever i go.
>  i got them vanagon blues,
>   just can't seem to lose,
>     them blues have got me feeling so low.
>
>
> i went out this morning,
> put my key in the switch,
> tried to crank up the motor
> but it don't move an inch.
>
> the batt'ry won't batt me,
> the starter won't start,
> they act like they hate me
> and it's breaking my heart.
>
>  <chorus>
>
> my baby done tol' me
> she can't stand it no mo' ...
> she's finding a new man
> with a car that will go.
>
> she left me last eve'ning,
> left a note on the door,
> she took my dog with her ...
> and i miss the dog more!
>
>  <chorus>
>
> last week it was brake shoes,
> a month before that
> it needed a muffler,
> tailpipe and a cat.
>
> it seems like it's always
> one thing, maybe two ...
> it's costing me money,
> now it's costing me you.
>
>  <chorus>
>