Skip Chaser - Delbert McClinton, Self-Made Men

Put on my hat, put on my coat

Go out back and feed my goat

Nothing but a box of hot donuts on my mind

Go to my car, I check my tires

Fill my pocket with my favorite set of pliers

I got some nuts to crack

Hope they ain’t mine

Got to be the first one up in the morning

You got to catch 'em while they’re still in bed

You got to be quick, don’t give 'em any warning

You got a better chance of not winding up dead

There’s a place I, I got to go by

See the woman with the monkey with the glass eye

Maybe get a tip on an old friend of mine

His time is up, today’s the day

The monkey said it’s time for him to pay

Everybody knows you gotta do what the monkey say

Got to be the first one up in the morning

You got to catch 'em while they’re still in bed

You got to be quick, don’t give 'em any warning

You got a better chance of not winding up dead

The day is done, my taps are run

A nothing but another like the other one

A couple of tokes

And a cold one and I’ll be fine

Got to be the first one up in the morning

You got to catch 'em while they’re still in bed

You got to be quick, don’t give 'em any warning

You got a better chance of not winding up dead