The Grasshopper

I knew an old boy back in my school days
He never studied like he should
All he wanted to do was play the fiddle
And then play all he could
Well they called him Grasshopper
They said he was lazy and sometimes it was just plain sad
And sometimes he'd come to my house
Just to piss off my dad

And he'd say hey come on let's play
We can go downtown we can mess around
Let's do it before we're old and gray
And I'd say hey I can't today
I got chores to do
I got homework to too
It will be a while before I'm through
I gotta help my mom with dishes
And feed the gold fishes
I gotta get my dog fed
All before go to bed

Old Grasshopper never worked a single day in his life
Sometimes he come out to the farm
Just to piss off my wife
He had a new tattoo of a fiddle playing grasshopper
Sitting on a pile of cash
And the grasshopper had a sign saying kiss my grass

And he would say come on let's play
We can go down town we can mess around
Let's do it before we're old and gray
And I'd say hey I can't today
I got chickens feed
I got a heifer to breed
I got a garden to weed
I got to plant some seed
I got to milk the cow
I got a field to plow
I got to shear my sheep
All before I get to sleep

Old Grasshopper had been gone
Since he took the bus to Nashville one day
And I was working the farm alone
Cause my wife left and run away
One morning old Grasshopper
Showed up in a Mercedes Benz
With his new wife and her blonde friend
And I was thinking here we go again

And he'd say hey come on let's play
We can go downtown we can mess around
Let's do it before we're old and gray
And I said hey I can't today
I got to fix my truck
And my tractor's stuck
Then it hit me all at once
AndI said what the
Then I looked the blonde
ThenI looked at his wife
Then I looked at his car
And I thought about my life
All I ever done was work hard all day
And I yelled at him hell yes
Let's go out and play

And he said hey come on let's play
We can go downtown we can mess around
Let's do it before we're old and gray
And I said hey I'm with you today
Let's go have some fun
That never never hurt no one
The work will get done

All I can say
Let's go
Let's go and play
Let's go and play
Let's go and play
Let's go and play