News travels fast in a small desert town  So it wasn't long at all before the word got around  That a killin' mad car was headed their way  So the sheriff and the boys were gonna stop him  Out on the highway  Right where it intersected big black rock  So it wasn't long at all  Before the whole town was out standin' 'round  Hammerin' a nail and buildin' up a pride  In a roadblock  The mayor's wife sat in the shade  And talked her way through a few good lies  While her husband practiced his acceptance speech  For a medal from the F.B.I.  And Granny rocked back in her chair and said,  "Just what did this man do?"  While some idiot kids from school  Ate the dirty sno-cones colored red, white and blue  At the roadblock  Then the local paper jumped the gun  And printed the big headline  "Town is saved from killer car with roadblock at stateline"  Three miles down the highway in a Chevy '69  Were a pair of crazy eyeballs  Jumpin' left and right in time  To an eight track tape playin' Foghat and Jethro Tull  And a gasoline soaked hand shiftin'  A little plastic skull  And on the arm a blue tattoo that read  "I'm a son of a bitch"  A map open on the front seat  Leather black as pitch  One foot slammed on the gas, no shoe  Just an argyle sock  Andthat car was screamin' wild down the highway  Like lightnin' towards the roadblock  Then all eyes turned down the highway  To a big cloud of smoke  And Granny went into a mild state of shock and started to choke  And then a boy up in a tree yelled out, "Here he comes..."  Then twenty men strong aimed and fired point blank  Nineteen shotguns...  Well the next day the sheriff just tried to stall  While they buried the body out behind a wall  The newspaper said, "Killer still on the lam  Seems the boys at the roadblock shot the wrong man  Nobody really knew just who he was  He was drivin' a Camaro with dashboard fuzz  They all burned the car right there at big black rock  And no one ever said a word at all again  About a roadblock  -----------------------------------------------------------------------