TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLAR CHECK

    
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT A DAY,
I WOKE UP IN THE USUAL WAY.
YOU KNOW THEY ALWAYS SAY, MONEY DON'T TALK.
BUT I SWEAR THAT I HEARD A SOUND,
I GOT UP AND LOOKED AROUND,
AND IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS COMIN'
FROM MY MAIL BOX.

IT WAS A TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLAR CHECK,
ALL MADE OUT TO ME.
I KNEW FOR SURE IT MUST BE SOME MISTAKE.
I THOUGHT OF FANCY CARS, AND PRETTY GIRLS,
AND TRAVELIN' ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
AND BY THE TIME THEY CATCH ME, 
IT'LL BE TOO LATE.

WELL I PICKED MYSELF UP OFF THE GROUND,
AND RAN OVER TO MY CAR.
BUT SINCE I WAS LOW ON GAS,
I DIDN'T GET TOO FAR.
SO I STUCK OUT MY THUMB, AND GOT INTO TOWN.
AND MADE IT TO THE BANK BY THREE.
AND SAID "HEY SON THIS MONEY HERE'S FOR ME.

IT WAS A TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLAR CHECK,
ALL MADE OUT TO ME.
AS I TRIED TO CONVINCE THE BANK IT WAS OK.
I THOUGHT OF FANCY CARS, AND PRETTY GIRLS,
AND TRAVELIN' ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
AND BY THE TIME THEY CATCH ME, 
IT'LL BE TOO LATE.

WELL THE FIRST THING I DID WHEN I GOT TO PERU,
WAS GO TO THE FANCIEST RESTAURANT IN TOWN.
AND HIRED ME A PRETTY SENORITA, TO SHOW ME AROUND.
THEN I WENT TO THE LOCAL POST OFFICE,
AND SENT MY WIFE A THOUSAND OR TWO,
AND SAID WHEN THE MONEY'S ALL GONE,  
I'LL BE COMIN' HOME TO YOU.

IT WAS A TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLAR CHECK,
ALL MADE OUT TO ME.
I KNEW FOR SURE IT MUST BE SOME MISTAKE.
I THOUGHT OF FANCY CARS, AND PRETTY GIRLS,
AND TRAVELIN' ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
AND BY THE TIME THEY CATCH ME, 
IT'LL BE TOO LATE