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Highway Patrolman
My name is Joe Roberts I work for the State
I'm a sergeant out on Perenville, barracks No. 8
I've always done an honest job, honest as I could
Got a brother named Frankie, Frankie ain't no good
Well, ever since we were young kids it's been the same come down
I'd get a call on a short way Frankie's in trouble downtown
But if it was any other man I'd put him straight away
But sometimes when it's your brother you look the other way
Yeah me and Frankie laughin' and drinkin' nothin' feels better than blood on blood
Takin' turns dancin' with Maria
While the band played 'The Night Of The Johnstown Flood'
I catch him when he's strayin' like any brother should
Man turns his back on his family he ain't no good
Well Frankie went into the army back in 1965
I got a farm deferment settled down took Maria for my wife
But them wheat prices kept on droppin' till it was like we's gettin' robbed
Frankie came home in '68 and me I took this job
Yeah me and Frankie laughin' and drinkin' nothin' feels better than blood on blood
Takin' turns dancin' with Maria
While the band played 'The Night Of The Johnstown Flood'
I catch him when he's strayin' teach him how to walk that line
Man turns his back on his family ain't no friend of mine
The night was like any other I got a call 'bout the quarter of nine
There was trouble at a roadhouse out on the Michigan line
There was a kid on the floor lookin' bad bleedin' hard from his head
There was a girl cryin' at a table it was Frankie she said
I ran out and I jumped in my car then I hit the lights
I must have done about a hundred and ten to Michigan County that night
It was down by the crossroads out by willow bank
Seen the Buick with Ohio plates behind the wheel was Frank
Well I chased him through them county roads
Till the sign said Canadian border five miles from here
Pulled over to the south out the highway watched his taillights disappeared
Yeah me and Frankie laughin' and drinkin' nothin' feels better than blood on blood
Takin' turns dancin' with Maria
While the band played 'The Night Of The Johnstown Flood'
I catch him when he's strayin' like any brother should
Man turns his back on his family, he ain't no good
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Joe Roberts es un sargento que trabaja para el Estado, siempre ha hecho su trabajo honestamente. Sin embargo, su hermano Frankie es todo lo contrario. A pesar de las travesuras de Frankie, la conexión entre los dos hermanos es inquebrantable. Comparten risas, bebidas y recuerdos mientras bailan con Maria.
A lo largo de los años, Joe ha estado allí para Frankie, incluso cuando este último regresó del ejército y se vio envuelto en problemas. Cuando Joe descubre que su hermano está en problemas, no duda en perseguirlo en una intensa persecución por carretera hasta la frontera canadiense.
La canción captura la compleja relación entre los hermanos, destacando la lealtad de Joe hacia Frankie a pesar de sus errores. La narrativa se desarrolla con pasión y drama, envolviendo al oyente en la historia de amor, familia y fidelidad. Con una melodía nostálgica de fondo, la letra de 'Highway Patrolman' de Bruce Springsteen nos hace reflexionar sobre los lazos familiares y la difícil decisión de permanecer fiel a quienes amamos.
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