I was driving down the highway...
... looking for my driveway...
... had a six-pack too much this day.
Coulda sworn I turned right...
... but it seems that I might...
... have gone ahead and turned the other way!
Well, I pulled up to this yard...
... and I put 'er into park...
... got outta my truck to see.
And as I looked around...
... it was plain to me, I found...
... this ain't the place I wanted to be!
Seem's like I goofed again...
... I sure hope it's my friend's...
... place I was parking on.
'Cause I can plainly see...
... this ain't no place to be...
... I sure as heck ain't on my farm!
Lord knows what my wife would think...
... if she only knew how much I drink...
... 'cause I told her I'd be home by ten.
But by good golly...
... I done turned wrong at Main Street...
... and ended up at my ex-girlfriends!
O Lord, here goes that feeling again.
Seems like it never escapes me.
I can't go on like this...
... please grant me just one wish...
... and take 'er outta my memory!
And when it occurred to me...
... this ain't no place I wanna be...
... I jumped back into my pickup truck.
I put 'er in first gear...
... and I sped on outta there...
... laying tire marks and kicking up dust!
But in my rearview mirror...
... I did stare in utter terror...
... at a car... it was a followin' me.
And all I could think about...
... it was my ex-girlfriend, no doubt...
... and she was out to get back at me!
O Lord, here goes that feeling again.
Seems like it never escapes me.
I can't go on like this...
... please grant me just one wish...
... and take 'er outta my memory!
But back on that dark highway...
... before I pulled into my driveway...
... I lost that car somehow in the night.
Then reality came back to me...
... as I fumbled for my front door key...
... that me and my wife are gonna fight!
'Cause now it's way past ten...
... and she don't know 'bout my ex-girlfriend...
... and all that I had just gone through.
If I could have just one wish...
... I sure wish I could extinguish...
... the memory of my exgirlfrind, Peggy-Sue!
O Lord, here goes that feeling again.
Seems like it never escapes me.
I can't go on like this...
... please grant me just one wish...
... and take 'er out of my memory!
copyright 2001 by Stephen Ray Leitzell
P.O. Box 380
Middletown, DE
19709-0380
Reason for writing:
My wife inspired me to write this because she says I drink "too much"
Birth sign: Aquarius
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