Cool Hand Luke
The warden said
it’s all up to you,
as Luke and the others
were passing through.
He said he could be nice
or one mean son of a B,
and if you don’t believe him
just try to get free.
Carr the floor walker
laid down the rules,
and said if you don’t want a night in the box
then don’t act like fools.
Dragline bet koko that Luke wouldn’t make it
and gave him a wink,
but at the end of the day luke said you owe that man a cold drink.
They cleaned out ditches
and they swung sling blades,
as the man with no eyes
watched on in his shades.
Lucille’s pen
just barely did hang,
as she soaped that ol’ dodge
and tortured the gang.
And luke took a beating
from drag out in the yard,
then he earned him a nickname
for not having a good card.
Luke and drag milked 'em
with that fifty egg thing,
Luke’s belly was so tight
that it almost would ping.
Ol’ blue’s tongue hung limp
as dog boy cried,
on that day when luke ran
they should’ve kept ol’ blue tied.
It’s a failure to communicate
is what the captain said,
then he jack slapped luke
upside his hard head.
Luke told the bosses
he had his mind right,
just to buy time
until his next flight.
On his final run
dragline helped 'em out with their search, he led the man with no eyes
straight to the ol’ church.
As they rode off with luke,
on his face was a smile,
he didn’t have much
but he did have style.
I’ve probably watched that movie
twenty times since sixty eight,
and if I were a critic
I’d surely rate it as great.:)
(2015)
