B.J. THE D.J.

by Stonewall Jackson

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A story 'bout a pal of mine

Who worked down near the Georgia line

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AS D.J. in a little country station

Everybody loved him dear

'Cause he played what they liked to hear

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He built himself up quite a reputation

At record hops he stayed out late

And his mom would always wait

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To see if he would make it home alive

She warned against his loss of sleep 

And driving fast in that old heap

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And that he had to be to work by five

B.J. the D.J.

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You're living much too fast

And if you don't change your ways

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Don't see how you can last

Every morning just past four

From the driveway he would roar

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Overslept and he was late again

Then at breakneck speed he'd drive

To sign the station on at five

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He had lots of records he must spin

His mom sat by the radio 

Until his voice told her hello

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She knew then that he'd made it there alright

Then she'd say a little prayer

He'd be safe while he was there

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And she'd wait up for him again tonight

Then one cold and rainy morn'

All four tires were badly worn

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But still he scratched off just as fast this time

B.J. had a lot of nerve

But he completely missed the curve

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And he signed off down near the Georgia line

Mom sat by the radio

The voice she heard she didn't know

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B.J.'d never been this late before

But with the roads so bad and all

She'd wait a while before she called

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And then she heard the knock upon the door 

B.J. the D.J.

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Only twenty-four

A wreck at ninety miles an hour

                       C

He'll spin the hits no more