It’s been rough and rocky traveling
But I’m finally standing upright on the ground
After taking several readings
I’m surprised to find my mind’s still fairly sound
I guess Nashville was the roughest
But I know I’ve said the same about them all
    We received our education
    In the cities of the nation
    Me and PaulAlmost busted in Laredo
But for reasons that I’d rather not disclose
But if you’re staying in a motel there and leave
Just don’t leave nothing in your clothes
And at the airport in Milwaukee
They refused to let us board the plane at all
    They said we looked suspicious
    But I believe they like to pick on
    Me and PaulOn a package show in Buffalo
With us and Kitty Wells and Charley Pride
The show was long and we’re just sitting there
And we’d come to play and not just for the ride
Well, we drank a lot of whiskey
So I don’t know if we went on that night at all
    I don’t think they even missed us
    I guess Buffalo ain’t geared for
    Me and PaulThirty years later….
Buffalo, New York, was sort of cold and rainy, but the crowd was warm and receptive. We played more than two hours. The sound in the theater was so good. Sister Bobbie thought everything sounded good, and she has a good ear for that kind of thing.
John Rosenfelder from Island Records came by with some friends. Later, Heidi Raphael, Mickey’s beautiful wife, came by the bus with some of her relatives. They are just as nice as she is.
I saw some of the video footage that David Anderson shot tonight. Some of the shots from the back let me know that I have some more running to do.
The Facts of Life, and other Dirty Jokes
by Willie Nelson
2002
