Runnin’ Buddy

By Max Stalling

On Wide Afternoon

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[Verse 1]

It's fifty miles from Leaky down to Hondo

No straight shot, the roads all twist and turn

Another forty-five on in to San Antone

Seems a long way to go for just one girl

Well, he pulls up Monday mornin', puts his window down

Grins and tells me to breathe in deep

Her perfume still lingers from their last date

Says he's late for work, leaves me standin' in the street

He's taken to wearin' starched shirts and his boots stay shined

And he keeps that old truck neat as a pin

Her picture gazes down from his visor

At an empty dash where a spit cup should've been


[Chorus]

Hey, runnin' buddy, what'll you say to a twelve pack?

Hey, runnin' buddy, whatcha say to settin' some lines?

Hey, runnin' buddy, don't you remember the good times we had

'Fore you hooked up with that San Antonio girl?


[Verse 2]

I've known Jimmy Wayne since the second grade

His mom and him moved in from Copperas Cove

We've always chased the girls down in Uvalde

I don't see why he needs him one in San Antone

On the first date, they went dancing at a VFW

A rough spot for such a cultured pearl

She matched him beer for beer and she could polka

So he fell in love with that San Antonio girl


[Chorus]

Hey, runnin' buddy, what'll you say to a twelve pack?

Hey, runnin' buddy, whatcha say to runnin' some lines?

Hey, runnin' buddy, don't you remember the good times we had

'Fore you hooked up with that San Antonio girl?


[Verse 3]

Well, we never just go drink beer like we used to

Road hunt, shoot signs, or shoot the breeze

Every weekend, he loads up and goes to see her

I guess that old gal's just way more fun than me

It's a long haul from Leakey to San Antonio

No straight shot, the roads all twist and bend

Maybe come next Friday, I'll ride with him

See if she has got some San Antonio friends


[Chorus]

Hey, runnin' buddy, what'll you say to a twelve pack?

Hey, runnin' buddy, whatcha say to runnin' some lines

On the gals from San Antone?

Hey, runnin' buddy, wait'll you see the good times we'll have

When we both hook up with San Antonio girls

Hey, runnin' buddy, what'll you say to a twelve pack?

Hey, runnin' buddy, whatcha say to runnin' some lines?

Hey, runnin' buddy, wait'll you see the good times we'll have

When we both hook up with San Antonio girls