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It's the 24th of May and we likes to get away,
Up in the woods or going out the bay;
There's all kinds of places, but the place we likes to get,
Is up on the highway in the gravel pits.
We loves to go out in the good old gravel pits,
Loves to go out there when life gets smelly;
We can spray paint our names on the face of the cliff,
Go up to the Irving for a coke and chips.
We hitches up the camper and out of town we go,
Out on the highway with everything in tow;
The dog is in the back seat, grandfather's drunk,
Youngsters in the trailer, and the wife is in the trunk.
It's the 24th of May and we likes to get away,
Up in the woods or going out the bay;
There's all kinds of places but the place we likes to get,
Is up on the highway in the gravel pits.
John is coming over and Sue and Henry, too,
We'll polish off a bottle and a pot of moose stew;
We'll tell a few stories and an awful lot of lies,
Green boughs on the fire to keep away the flies.
The youngsters get excited and they start to bounce and jump,
When we piles in the car and goes up to the dump;
It's cheaper than a movie so we all sits and stares,
Up by the garbage pile looking at the bears.
It's the 24th of May and we likes to get away,
Up in the woods or going out the bay;
There's all kinds of places but the place we likes to get,
Is up on the highway in the gravel pits.
We flies a Newfie flag on an old spruce pole,
Drowns a few more worms in a tractor mud hole;
Listens to the radio, we play it good and loud,
As coff on the Coleman stove is bound to draw a crowd.
And when the weekend's over, and we're headed back to town,
A half inch of sloppy snow lying on the ground:
A hundred dollars poorer but who wants to be rich?
We just had a lovely time out in the pits.
It's the 24th of May and we likes to get away,
Up in the woods or going out the bay;
There's all kinds of places but the place we likes to get,
Is up on the highway in the gravel pits.
Recorded by Buddy Wasisname And The Other Fellers (The Miracle Cure, 1992; Greatest Misses, 1999).
See more songs by Buddy Wasisname And The Other Fellers.
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It's the [G] 24th of May and we [D] likes to get [Bm] away,
[D] Up in the woods or going out the [A] bay;
There's [D] all kinds of places but the [G] place we likes to [D] get
Is up on the [Bm] highway in the [G] gra-[A] vel [D] pits.
We [D] loves to go out in the [G] good old gravel [D] pits,
We [D] loves to go out there when [Bm] life gets [A] smelly;
We can [D] spray paint our names on the f-[G] ace of the [D] cliff,
Go up to the [Bm] Irving for a [G] coke [A] and [D] chips.
