Story Behind The Song
I actually was driving home through the countryside one Friday night. For some odd reason, I was thinking about a disastrous entanglement of my brother-in-law?s that had gone South Pole south. Driving past a pig farm, the combination of thought and smell produced the 1st line. I laughed at the thought, hope you do, too.
Song Description
A weepy steel over a banjo line set the stage for a honest statement of feeling towards one's ex-flame. Bet the first line makes you laugh.....
| Song Length |
3:09 |
Genre |
Country - Traditional, Country - General |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Glad, Content |
Subject |
Comedy, Funny, Breaking Up |
| Similar Artists |
Ray Stevens, Minnie Pearl |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1970 - 1979 |
| |
Lyrics
Driving on home I caught a whiff of manure, it made me think of you
A big smelly mess that went out my door, honey I?m glad we?re through
You were the best times and you were the worst, but mostly the latter
One moment eggs sunny side up, the next just a splatter
CHORUS
Gone, gone, hey you?re gone, you?re long gone
Gone, gone, yeah you?re gone, you?re long gone
You tore through my heart like ripping a coupon, out of the Sunday paper
50 cents off on the love of a good man, then it was see you later
I heard a cat howl in distress, tail caught in something
Reminded me of you in the morning, same type of suffering
Bridge
A whiff of manure, a thought of you, a whiff of manure, a thought of you,
A whiff of manure, a thought of you, honey, I?m glad we?re through
It?s a short, short step from love to hate, it?s one that I have made
Then I moved up to uncaring disinterest, go rain on your own parade
repeat CHORUS
Driving on home I caught a whiff of manure, It made me think of you