Highway Patrolman - Live at the Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland - November 2006

My name′s Joe Roberts, I work for the state I'm a sergeant out of Perrineville, barracks number eight I always done an honest job, as honest as I could Had a brother named Franky, Franky ain′t no good Ever since we was young kids, it's been the same come down I get a call on the shortwave, Franky's in trouble downtown If it was any other man, I′d put him straight away When it′s your brother sometimes you look the other way Yeah, me and Franky laughin' and drinkin′ Nothin' feels better than blood on blood Takin′ turns dancin' with Maria As the band played "Night of the Johnstown Flood" I catch him when he′s strayin', like any brother would Man turns his back on his family, he just ain't no good Well, Franky went in the army back in 1965 I got a farm deferment, settled down, took Maria for my bride Them wheat prices kept on droppin′ ′til it was like we were gettin' robbed Franky came home in ′68 and me I took this job Yeah, me and Franky laughin' and drinkin′ Nothin' feels better than blood on blood Takin′ turns dancin' with Maria As the band played "Night of the Johnstown Flood" I catch him when he's strayin′, like any brother would Man turns his back on his family, he just ain′t no good Well, the night was like any other, I get a call about quarter to nine There was trouble in a roadhouse out on the Michigan line It was a kid lyin' on the floor lookin′ bad, bleedin' hard from his head Was a girl cryin′ at a table, "It was Frank", they said Well, I went out and I jumped in my car, and then I hit the lights I must've done a 110 through Michigan county that night It was out at the crossroads, yeah, down ′round Willow bank I seen a Buick with Ohio plates, behind the wheel was Frank Well, I chased him through those county roads 'Til a sign said, "Canadian border five miles from here" Pulled over the side of the highway and watched his taillights disappear Yeah, me and Franky laughin' and drinkin′ Nothin′ feels better than blood on blood Takin' turns dancin′ with Maria As the band played "Night of the Johnstown Flood" I catch him when he's strayin′, like any brother would Man turns his back on his family, he just ain't no good Yeah, me and Franky laughin′ and drinkin' Nothin' feels better than blood on blood Takin′ turns dancin′ with Maria As the band played "Night of the Johnstown Flood" I catch him when he's strayin′, like any brother would Man turns his back on his family, he just ain't no good Thank you