Grasshopper Mac Clain — текст песни (Jimmy Dean)

Me and that navy ain`t speakin` at sailin` I tell you I`m through
On the advice of a doc I got me a shock I had to have somethin` to do
These nerves I got are from soakin` too long when the ship got hit by a plane
And right here about four years back I met Grasshopper MacClain
The sun was a burnin` and the desert red hot when his mother drove in with a flat
She went inside to cool off with a beer and I saw her kid in the back
He lay on the seat in the swelterin` heat with hair the color of flame
A red headed mite but smilin` and bright was little ol` Grasshopper MacClain
I fixed her tyre and was totin` him round when she asked me how much she owed
I just laughed and said boy I settle for him
And to my surprice she drove off down the road
I figured she`d sober and come hurryin` back but for three long years she never came
And all that time I was mother and dad to little ol` Grasshopper MacClain
I`d tell him of ships I`d sailed on the seas when I put him in bed at night
And that freckle faced kid was as sharp as a tack and quick as a mate for a fight
I thought I`d wait till he growed a bit and let him pick out his own name
One day he came in with a bug in his hand and he said me Grasshopper MacClain
Oh he`d mimic my walk and he`d mimic my talk
Like my shadow he just tagged me around
Even had to be checked every time I was checked by the navy doc over the town
The doc`d laugh and thump his little ole chest and say feller you`re right as rain
Then he`d turn to me and tell me that I`d be a new man
Thanks to Grasshopper MacClain
I guess you wonder why I`m tellin` you this well that`s why I`m here doin` time
For a bang and a sheriff and a red headed dame that came to take what was mine
Oh but you should`ve seen the way he fought you could tell that kid was navy trained
But this lonely cell wouldn`t be so much like hell if I only had Grasshopper MacClain