Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers playing their song "Jack vs. Jose", live at the Magic Bag in Ferndale, Michigan Sunday July 11, 2010. Check 'em out and support a great band: azpeacemakers.com Jack vs. Jose Well I stepped off the bus in Memphis And stumbled into the first saloon I could find I bellied-up to the rail and summoned my barkeep I ordered up tequila, some salt and a lime And she said "Son, you ain't from around here, is you?" And I said politely, "No, no ma'am I ain't" She said, "Sonny, let me give you a little bit of friendly Southern advice We don't use that junk around here for nothing 'cept well maybe, thinning out paint" And she said "Son, Why don't you just take a look around and tell me what you see?" Well I saw a lot of white-felt Stetson hats and gatorskin boots You know and every Southern man who had a lady on his arm was drinking whiskey. So I said, "I do not wish to be out of order ma'am. I am not a tramp or a bum. The dusty Mexican borderlands are where I have just come from. And with all due respect and deference, tequila is my preference." So she said "Relax honey, you know I would never treat you wrong." And then she poured me up 3 fingers of that old number 7 She said "Rest assured darlin' if we're drinkin' it down here in Dixie, That's cause that's what they're pourin' up in heaven." And I said "Ma'am, your hospitality is well intentioned Yes I know you mean to treat me well. It's just that where I come from (born and raised in Arizona don't ...
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