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Recorded live at the Antique Sandwich in Tacoma, WA in 1981

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Wrong Lane
Charlie was a good boy, good intentions (repeat)
No one really wanted Charlie
They had to pay to get him into school
Rushed him off to camp in the summer
Promptly sent him home for breaking rules
You know the mother said he took after the father
But his father said he looks like you
Finally, they agree

He’s in the wrong lane on Life’s Highway
And he’s not to be trusted again
He’s crossed over, Oh god,
Poor Fellow, The double yellow
And he’s probably, probably going to lose it all

Charlie killed his father and his mother
And the police took him right to jail
No one dared to go and see him
Or bother with his bail
You know the judge could not spell ‘mercy’
Much less pronounce let ‘em go

Charlie was a good boy, good intentions
Charlie was a good boy, good intentions

Charlie was a goner when I met him
I think I thought that he was dead
I think I thought he had a screw loose
Somewhere up inside his head
But the thing that knocked me over
Yea it really got my goat
Was the way I heard him say

I’m in the wrong lane on life’s highway
And I’m not to be trusted again
I’ve crossed over, oh god
Poor fellow, the double yellow
And I’m probably going to lose it all
Oh, probably going to lose it all

And he said
Why try, Why try
I won’t make it till the day I die
I’m in the wrong lane on life’s highway
I’m in the wrong lane on life’s highway
© John W. McClure, 1979

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released June 1, 2009
J.W. McClure

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J.W. McClure Seattle, Washington

J.W. McClure lives in Stanwood, Washington. This is a career restarted for me. In the 1970’s I was often an opening act at the Washington D.C. clubs, The Cellar Door and The Childe Harold for Tom Paxton, Dave Van Ronk, Tom Rush and many well known bands. In the 1980’s I returned to Washington to do folk music, satire and stand-up comedy before getting swamped by family and other work. ... more

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