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Cisco Clifton's Fillin' Station

Cisco Clifton had a fillin' station

About a mile and a half from town

Most cars passed unless they were out of gas

So Cisco was always aroundRegular gas was all that it sold

Except tobacco matches and oil

Other than that he fixed lots of flats

Keepin' Cisco rough hands soiledHe'd wipe the gas and check the air

In a hundred times a day

He patiently gave directions

On how to get to the state highwayUsually he'd give 'em water

Or a tyre or two some air

And once a big black Cadillac

Spent seven dollars thereHe'd give anybody anything they'd ask

And lend anything he had

His tools are tyres bumper jacks or wire

To the good ones or the badIn wintertime there was a depot stove

And a table for a checker game

And every mornin' at sunup

The same checker players cameSo Cisco Clifton's fillin' station

Was always in the red

Personal loans were personally gone

But never a word was saidOne mornin' at eight, them checker players

Heard a big bulldozer roar like a freight

And Cisco said I hope my kids stay fed

When they build that InterstateHe'd managed to pay for property

Where his little fillin' station sat

And friends still came for checker game

So Cisco settled for thatHe wouldn't say so but Cisco knew

That the Interstate was too much to fight

But to keep his will and to pay his bills

He did odd jobs at nightHe still opened up at sunrise

And the checker game went on

The cars flew past on highest gas

And the neighbors had sold out and goneIf a car ever did go by he was lost

And if they stopped they were treated the same

So at Cisco Clifton's fillin' station

There's a howdy and a checker game

Songwriters

CASH, JOHNNY R.Published by

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