Memorial Day Lyrics - James Mcmurtry

Mama keeps tryin to get the game on the radioDaddys gotta know the score 

Theres a big yellow thing on a flat bed trailer 

Wonder what that things forWe got towels rolled up in the back seat window 

Keeping us out of the sunJust a hundred more miles and well be at grandmas 

Sure is gonna be fun 

Maybe shell take us fishin 

Maybe shell bake us a pieRemember like she did that one time 

Back before grandpa died 

Its Memorial Day in America 

Everybodys on the road 

Lets remember our fallen heroes 

Yall be sure and drive slow 

Ninety eight degrees in the shade of the tool shed 

Cant go back in the house 

Theyre all in the kitchen yellin bout something 

Dont know what its about 

Joey n Mary said not to worry 

Said its just the same old figh 

tHappens whenever they all get together 

Everythings really alright 

Its Memorial Day in America 

This is how its supposed to be 

Lets remember our fallen heroesIn the land of the free 

Daddys in the big chair sippin on a cold beer 

Grandmas cuttin a switch 

She overheard Mary cussin her brother 

Called him a son of a bitch 

She got a good green limb off a sweet gum sapling 

Man thats bound to sting 

But Mary dont cry just stands there and takes it 

Doesnt seem to feel a thing 

No Mary dont cry, you know shes a big girl 

Wonder what made her so mad 

She takes those licks looking in through the den door 

Staring right straight at her dad 

Theres a big yellow thing on a flat bed trailer 

Daddy nearly hit that bird 

Theyre both in the front seat 

Starin right straight ahead 

Neither one saying a word 

The suns going down in the rear view mirror 

Gonna be driving all night 

Wonder if the neighbors fed the canary 

Wonder if the cats alright