Whistlin' in the dark
As I traverse this here dark road
This road that ain't found on no road map
Nor on no piece of paper
Nor drawn on a napkin by a "greasy spoon" waitress.
No, this road don't rightly take you no wheres
Didn't start no wheres and who but God
Knows where it ends..................
I don't. Or I didn't.
I just closed my eyes as I stood there
At the fork in the road and threw a stolen rose
Over my left shoulder
And it fell to the right............
And that is how I ended up
On this here dusty road tryin' to get to Heaven......
Honk HONK!!!! Get out of the road, you OLD fool!!!!
(Some kid feeling his oats in his daddy's car, I reckon)
NO.....some wanna-be gangster boy from up North
wantin' to mess with somebody out here on these back roads.....
What am I lookin' for?
You tell me........boy!
You're the Son of A Gun askin' the questions!
I didn't ask you nothin'
And I reckon that's what I 'll get.....
Story of my life.....Always nothin'!.
The Bible says: You have NOT
'Cause you ASK not............
But I don't know what to ask fer
(I don't want to get...smited) (SMOTED?) Kilt...
Lord, I don't know....God always uses such BIG words...
My brain can't hardly ascertain the little ones
Like thee and Thou and How Now Brown Cow....
Oh, wait! That ain't scripture, is it? Or is it?
Shoot! I don't know nothin. I'm half heathen, I guess
But I AIM to make HEAVEN my HOME!
WHERE AM I GOING?
you just full of questions, ain't ye???
Dang fool Yankee!!! (sotto voce)
You don't hear me goin' off half cocked
Askin' you jack!
Mostly, 'cause I don't care
And secondly, 'Cause I don't CARE!
I got enough problems fer the both of us
Plus everbody in WhyNot, Mississippi
Damn! I sure could use me a good ole cold drink!
You got a RC cola on ye? Or an Orange Crush?
Pepsi???! Damn, son, we don't drink no Pepsi down here!
Might as well drank swamp water......Pepsi!!!!! Goll durn...
Hey!! HEY!!! No use gittin' all riled up about it!!!
What you doin', boy???? CALM THE HELL BACK DOWN!!!
What a little feller like you doin' with a BIG ole GUN like that???
Naw, I ain't gonna be quiet! Naw, hell naw! Didn't yore Pa told ye
Not to point no PISTOL at nobody lest you aim to....to.....
No..............I can't help ye with no gas money....
I ain't got no Money, son! If I did, you thank I'd be out here
hitching in this here hot sun tryin' to find my way to Heaven?
Nooo...not that HEAVEN.......!!!
Heaven, Alabama. Where the purtiest girl in the Whole WORLD live!
You got a girl, son? Anybody on Earth love your sorry ass?
No..no..I didn't mean nothin.....Just talkin'.
No need to get all bent outta shape.........
I done tole you I ain't got no Money! I can't give you Nothin' but ADVICE!
C'mon, man......Don't do me that a way...I ain't lying'. I try not to lie......much...
I wants to go to HEAVEN one day. (I just don't Want to go right NOW....
you know what I'm sayin?) Quit that now! That hurts!!!
No need to kick a man when he down!!! Lord, have Mercy!!! Here...Here..
I got a five dollar bill here in my shoe...You can have THAT. Just don't hurt me.
No...I ain't got no MORE...
I ain't got nothin' but some Juicy Fruit gum I'm saving fer supper.
What???
You gonna take that too? Well, if that ain't a damn cryin' shame...!
I bet yore Mama sure would be proud of you 'bout right now, wouldn't she????
No, no, not trying to talk about yore Mama! Not meaning no
Dis Respect to nobody.... let me go now, boy..I gots to git on down this here road
fore it gits too DARK to see...LET ME GO NOW!!!! Dadblame yore hide!!!
No, I won't tell noBody...I promise. I won't report you to no POLICE... I won't TELL,
I swear to GOD....let me go NOW.....I won't.......
BANG!!!!
LORD GOD, son!!! You didn't have to do THAT!!! Why You want to KILL some old
NOBoDY like me???? I didn't mean you no harm....here, take this JUICY FRUIT.
Take it! You wanted it a minute ago! Here, boy.......
A little blood won't hurt ye.... I don't need no gum where I'm goin'...
Where am I Going?????
WHY.....Heaven, Alabama, OF COURSE!!!! Where my girl at....She waitin' on me down there.
She been WAITIN' a long TIME. She love me, she says last time I seen her.
I love her too, I shorely do! Hot damn! She gonna be happy to see my ole raggedy butt!!! Hee Hee
LORD..it shore is Bright out heres. I can't hardly SEE, it so BRIGHT.
What's goin' on here? I feel like I'm fadin'.....jest fadin' away....
right here in this dirt with the Sun in my eyes.......
Where you goin', BOY???? Come back here!!!! Why you runnin????
THEM ain't nothin' but angels.....
Them ain't nothin' but.......................ANGELS....????!!!!! Lord God....
Come to thank about it...I thank that ole rose fell to the LEFT!
I should a done took that OTHER ROAD.................................
I don't thank this 'un is goin' to Alabama..........
no, sir....not to no Alabama.........
Not to no Heaven...........Alabama.....
Not to no...........................................................no
©By Voo Shining Stone
August 16, 2019
4:22 a.m.
copyrighted
Really good story! I could hear Walter Brennan's voice from "The Real McCoy's" talking as I was reading this.
ReplyDeletethank you. I have no idea where this story came from. It tore
Deletemy heart out to write it and to read it.....
I'd love for some guy to do a recording of this one day.
But things are too volatile right now....I hesitated to post it.
I’d be happy to record it for you! In that Texas drawl!
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