Days of Graduation

Bobby went out for a joy ride with my best girl
Left me at the party
(He was my best friend and I miss him)
It was almost June, and the three-quarter moon illuminated the rain-soaked streets like a candy wrapper
I guess that's why Bobby had his lights off
Tear-assing through them backstreets of town where me and Bobby tear-assed so many times before
Sometimes with my best girl, and sometimes, Bobby had him one too

But this night, he banked that curve just a little too hard, and that 442 went airborne
Hit a telephone pole and split in two, Bobby's skull was split right in two
And the girl, pinned in her seat, partially embedded in the dashboard
And for the next twenty minutes, the only sound in the night were the sounds of her screams
And the sound of the wheels still spinning

In a little while, the ambulance came and the sound of it's siren mixed with the sound of the screaming girl and the spinning wheel

But when the story was told the next day at the graduation ceremony
Everyone said that when the ambulance came
The paramedics could hear "Free Bird" still playing on the stereo

You know, it's a very long song...