Highway patrolman - Bruce springsteen My name is joe roberts I work for the state
Im a sergeant out of perrineville barracks number 8
I always done an honest job as honest as I could
I got a brother named frankie and frankie aint no good
Now ever since we was young kids its been the same come down
I get a call over the radio frankies in trouble downtown
Well if it was any other man, Id put him straight away
But when its your brother sometimes you look the other way
Yeah me and frankie 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 hes strayin like any brother would
Man turns his back on his family well he just aint no good
Well frankie went in 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 were gettin Robbed
Frankie came home in '68, and me, I took this job
Yeah were 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 hes strayin teach him how to walk that line
Man turns his back on his family he aint no friend of mine
Well the night was like any other, I got a call 'bout quarter to nine
There was trouble in a roadhouse out on the michigan line There was a kid lyin on the floor lookin bad bleedin hard from his head
There was a girl cryn at a table and it was frank, they said
Well I went out and I jumped in my car and I hit the lights
Well I musta done one hundred and ten through michigan county that night It was out at the crossroads, down 'round willow bank
Seen a buick with ohio plates. behind the wheel was frank
Well I chased him through them county roads
Till a sign said canadian border five miles from here
I pulled over the side of the highway and watched his tail-lights disappear
Me and frankie 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 well he just ain't no good
Yeah were 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 hes strayin teach him how to walk that line
