"BUCK"

Hi folks, this is Two Texas PawPaw with a truckers poem.-----I HEADED OUT OF AMARILLO ON I-40 IN MY OLD 18 WHEELER TRUCK---I OVERSLEPT AND MISSED MY LOAD ALREADY DOWN ON MY LUCK---I TURNED THE RADIO ON AND I HEARD THE ANNOUNCER SAY---COUNTRY MUSIC HAS LOST A LEGEND, BUCK OWENS HAS PASSED AWAY---I JAMMED ON THEM AIR BRAKES AND LOWERED MY HEAD TO THE STEERING WHEEL---AND THOUGHT TO MYSELF SADLY, WHAT A LOSS FOR BAKERSFIELD---BUCK OWENS LIVED HIS LIFE RECKLESSLY, AND LEFT SOME MEMORIES ALONG THE TRAIL---"STREETS OF BAKERSFIELD", "ACT NATURALLY", AND "I'VE GOT A TIGER BY THE TAIL"---HE THRILLED MILLIONS FOR 17 YEARS, IN THE SILLIEST SHOW I EVER SAW---HE SERVED AS CO-HOST WITH ROY CLARK EVERY WEEK ON A SHOW CALLED "HEE-HAW"---I PULLED FROM THE SHOULDER TO THE HIGHWAY, AND ONCE AGAIN STARTED MOVING MY TRUCK---MY TROUBLES NOW SEEMED NOTHING, COMPARED TO THOSE OF THE FAMILY OF BUCK---NASHVILLE AND BAKERSFIELD AND COUNTRY MUSIC, A BIG LOSS THEY WILL SUFFER AT BEST---EVEN IF YOU WEREN'T A FAN OF BUCK, IT'S SAD HE HAS GONE TO REST---SO LET'S DRIVE THIS 18 WHEELER, AND FOR BUCK OWENS, LET'S DRIVE IT RIGHT---THANK GOD THERE'S A BRAND NEW MEMBER, IN COUNTRY HEAVEN TONIGHT:-----Goodbye Buck, we will miss you. This is Two Texas PawPaw, signing off, and, the good Lord willing and the creeks don't rise, I will return.