Moving Me Down The Highway

            Inspired by Jim Croce’s song “I Got A Name”
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In the Fall of nineteen sixty-two, I was attending Ohio State;
At one p.m., Friday afternoon, I left for an important date!
I was picking my girlfriend up at high school, about eighty miles away;
I was commuting every weekend, because I missed her every day!
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My high school classmate Fred Sherman, our baseball teams biggest star;
Who pitched fourteen years for the Tigers, was riding with me in the car!
I could not wait to see her, I told her I’d be there when school let out;
Waiting in the parking lot, with the students all about!
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I was a little behind schedule, moving down old State Route 40 West;
So I put the peddle to the metal, it quickly hit 105 at my behest!
A couple of minutes later, Fred said, “A car is coming fast our way”;
I knew instantly it was a State Trooper, and this was not my lucky day!
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I pulled over when I saw his flashing lights, he came to my windows side;
He said, “Son, what is your hurry?, I clocked you at a hundred and five”!
I replied, “Sir, I am very sorry, I’ve been up at OSU for several weeks”;
“I’ve not seen my girlfriend for so long, I’m headed back, her company to keep”!
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He said, “Young man, I feel your heartache, I’ll put you down for eighty-five”;
“Slow down, and pay twenty-five dollars, I want you to stay alive”!
I was there to meet her when I said I would, this Officer so kind;
I’ve never forgotten his generosity, and how he saved me from legal bind!
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                                 This kindred Lawman
                      Could have made my life so tough
                                   But he had a heart