Pinball Machine Paroles

and I was a duck
I'd dive into it
and never come up.

I wish they'd outlaw them old
pinball machines.
Many weeks they've made me
live on sardines.

Last time I called my wife
on the telephone
First thing she said to me was
"John when can you come home?"

"I've got a lot of lodgers
and they've got to go."
I said, "I'll see you when I get back
from the depot."

She said "John, you know I love you The last thing she said,
and then she hung up,
Said, "John you gave up my lovin'
to drive and old truck."

I made my trip
up to the depot.
I was gone two months
cause I shot up my dough.

When I got home,
my family was gone.
The best friend I had
rung my telephone.

He said, "John, I guess you wonder
about your babies and wife."
Pneumonia got your babies
and your wife took her life.

I've lost all my friends.
Can't sleep for bad dreams.
I dream about an old truck
and a pinball machine.

(spoken)

I never will forget the last words that old man said:
"Oh, Lord. If I could live my life over -
And then he fell dead. Victim of an old truck.
He was a clean-cut young man - at the age of 19.
But now he's in his grave - the victim
of an old truck - and a pinball...
machine...