Drugstore Hucksters
Sell me a red bandanna
I’ll take it on the chin again
I’m shipping my love to Montana
Through Iowa and Michigan
Look like I have two shiners
In my aviator shades
Meditate in gas station diners
In the badlands and everglades
Here come the midnight truckers
Here come the drugstore hucksters
Here come the late night lovers
And they have an offer for you
Here come the midnight tricksters
Here come the neon fixtures
They want to put you in pictures
And it sounds too good to be true
Aspirin two in a packet,
coffee that’s watered down
bald eagle governor’s jacket
from your quiet border town.
I could have been called a maverick
If I hadn’t been so shy
But I can still cause some havoc
Before the day I die
(to chorus)
I’ve got gift of foresight,
a parcel to deliver
it’s a song that lasts fortnight
it’s the Mississippi river
it’s the world’s most precious cargo
it’s the west’s immortal valley
it’s all the snow in Fargo
it’s all the sun in Cali
it’s the moonscape that holds the geyser,
a lip balm that makes you thinner,
it’s a cocktail that makes you wiser,
it’s a ticket that makes you a winner
(to chorus)