O Tow Motor

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Run up on the bumper, Davey, how's the road?
OT Eyes are underlined, shaking from the cold.
Steel-toed feet on slab concrete, all your aching bones.
Passing in your papers, tired smile, going home.
O Tow Motor, if only you'd turn over.
Hands would be happy to bulldog the mess,
Elbows and shoulders, pissed off and penniless.

Keep that shiny side up and the rubber side down
as I'm scratching my back with nine wheels to the ground.
I can't face it, step-son in the basement,
Mama would have chucked him out if she was still around.
O Tow Motor, if only you'd turn over.
Hands would be happy to bulldog the mess,
Elbows and shoulders, pissed off and penniless.

Swing this rig in the yard and I curse about change,
as I'm thumbing that card, hauling dispatcher brains,
as my boss is adding up his losses.
Later, Davey tips a cup and picks at his mange.
O Tow Motor, if only you'd turn over.
Hands would be happy to bulldog the mess,
Elbows and shoulders, pissed off and penniless.

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from Billy Spigot, released May 4, 2009

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