there s only one payphone in dime box texas and it s off on a side road there when a stranger wearin dark shades and tears streamin down his face makes a call it s gonna draw some stares now there s two kids down the street in a puddle ankle deep like maybe somethin norman rockwell planned when the father sees a man he runs and grabs their muddy hands wonder who he thinks i am good people of dime box i m no charles manson and i did not come to snatch a child i just rambled many miles and need to talk to her a while find out what this whole thing means now the dogs across the road are eyein me but lyin low seem to know i don t wanna cause a fuss watch me suffer on the phone makin puddles of my own watch me kick the ground and cuss good dogs of dime box thanks for your understanding you know i wouldn t hurt a flea your good natured disposition your kind hearted intuition i wish that you could talk to her for me when a man goes drivin about he s got some things to figure out he takes it all out on the blue and white and he prays to god and chevy lighten up a load that s heavy and help him understand the how and why good sheriff of dime box thanks for not arresting me though i d understand it if you had my bizarre appearance and my drunken incoherence i m sorry for the tears there on your badge  good people of dime box i m no sick killer and i did not come to rob nor steal i just had to stop and phone her and see if its still over sounds like that s how she really feels sounds like that s how she really feels
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