I pounded on a farmhouse
Lookin for a place to stay.
I was mighty, mighty tired,
I had gone a long, long way.
I said, "hey, hey, in there,
Is there anybody home? "
I was standin on the steps
Feelin most alone.
Well, out comes a farmer,
He must have thought that I was nuts.
He immediately looked at me
And stuck a gun into my guts.
I fell down
To my bended knees,
Saying, "i dig farmers,
Dont shoot me, please!"
He cocked his rifle
And began to shout,
"youre that travelin salesman
That I have heard about."
I said, "no! no! no!
Im a doctor and its true,
Im a clean-cut kid
And I been to college, too."
Then in comes his daughter
Whose name was rita.
She looked like she stepped out of
La dolce vita.
I immediately tried to cool it
With her dad,
And told him what a
Nice, pretty farm he had.
He said, "what do doctors
Know about farms, pray tell? "
I said, "i was born
At the bottom of a wishing well."
Well, by the dirt neath my nails
I guess he knew I wouldnt lie.
"i guess youre tired,"
He said, kinda sly.
I said, "yes, ten thousand miles
Today I drove."
He said, "i got a bed for you
Underneath the stove.
Just one condition
And you go to sleep right now,
That you dont touch my daughter
And in the morning, milk the cow."
I was sleepin like a rat
When I heard something jerkin.
There stood rita
Lookin just like tony perkins.
She said, "would you like to take a shower?
Ill show you up to the door."
I said, "oh, no! no!
Ive been through this before."
I knew I had to split
But I didnt know how,
When she said,
"would you like to take that shower, now? "
Well, I couldnt leave
Unless the old man chased me out,
cause Id already promised
That Id milk his cows.
I had to say something
To strike him very weird,
So I yelled out,
"i like fidel castro and his beard."
Rita looked offended
But she got out of the way,
As he came charging down the stairs
Sayin, "whats that I heard you say? "
I said, "i like fidel castro,
I think you heard me right,"
And ducked as he swung
At me with all his might.
Rita mumbled something
bout her mother on the hill,
As his fist hit the icebox,
He said hes going to kill me
If I dont get out the door
In two seconds flat,
"you unpatriotic, rotten doctor commie rat."
Well, he threw a readers digest
At my head and I did run,
I did a somersault
As I seen him get his gun
And crashed through the window
At a hundred miles an hour,
And landed fully blast
In his garden flowers.
Rita said, "come back!"
As he started to load
The sun was comin up
And I was runnin down the road.
Well, I dont figure Ill be back
There for a spell,
Even though rita moved away
And got a job in a motel.
He still waits for me,
Constant, on the sly.
He wants to turn me in
To the f.b.i.
Me, I romp and stomp,
Thankful as I romp,
Without freedom of speech,
I might be in the swamp.
