Great Filling Station

The Great Filling Station Holdup

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By Jimmy Buffett

 

I pulled into the regular pump

I was feelin' quite at ease

I rolled down my window and told the man, "Fifty cents worth please"

Then out jumped my partner with his trusty pellet gun

He said, "Boy, this is a holdup, keep 'a pumpin' and don't run"

And now I wish I was somewhere other than here

Down in some honky tonk, sippin' on a beer

Yes I wish I was somewhere other than here

Cause that great fillin' station holdup

Cost me two good years

We got fifteen dollars and a can of STP

A big ole jar of cashew nuts and a Japanese TV

Feelin' we had pulled the biggest heist of our career

We're wanted men, we'll strike again

But first let's have a beer

(repeat chorus)

We were sittin' in the Krystal

About as drunk as we could be

In walked the deputy sheriff

And he's holdin' our TV

He roughed us and he cuffed us

And he took us off to jail

No picture on a poster, no reward and no bail

(repeat chorus and fade)

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// Mike A. Hall // "They send you off to college, //

// <mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu> // try to gain a little knowledge, //

// University of Georgia // But all you want to do is //

// Athens, GA U.S.A. // learn how to score." --J.Buffett //

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