HE HAD A STROKE
IN NINETY-FIVE
THEY THOUGHT IT BEST
THAT HE RESIDE
IN A NURSING HOME
HIS FAMILY VOWED
THEY'D NEVER
LEAVE HIM
THE LAST TIME
THEY CAME TO SEE HIM
WAS THREE YEARS AGO
HE'D SPENT
HIS WHOLE LIFE
PROVIDIN'
NOW HE WAS DOWN
TO RELYIN'
ON MEDICAID
THE NURSES
TOOK A LIKIN' TO HIM
THEY'D GET HIS
WHEELCHAIR OUT
AND PUSH HIM
ON SUNNY DAYS
HE COULDN'T WALK
HE COULDN'T SPEAK
SEEMED SO FAR
OUTTA REACH
BUT IN HIS MIND
AS FAR AS THEY KNEW
HE COULD BE
FLY FISHIN'
WORKIN' ON
THAT FIREBIRD ENGINE
RUNNIN' NINETY-NINE
PROOF MOONSHINE
'CROSS THAT
COUNTY LINE
THREE TWO ONE
AND IGNITION
OFF ON
SOME SPACE
SHUTTLE MISSION
PLAYIN' QB
FOR THE COWBOYS
GETTIN' HIGH
ON THE CROWD NOISE
AND THE BRIGHT LIGHTS
'CAUSE DEEP INSIDE
THINGS WERE ROCKIN'
IN THE MIND
OF JOHN J. BLANCHARD
ONE AFTERNOON IN JUNE
A NURSE
SAW HIS FINGER MOVE
'BOUT HAD
A HEART ATTACK
WENT SCREAMIN'
DOWN THE HALL
HEY
IT'S A MIRACLE Y'ALL
I THINK
HE'S COMIN' BACK
THE DOCTORS
ALL RUSHED IN
SAID DO YOU KNOW
WHAT YEAR THIS IS
HOW MANY FINGERS
AM I HOLDIN'
AND WHERE'VE YOU
BEEN
AND HE SAID
FLY FISHIN'
WORKIN' ON
THAT FIREBIRD ENGINE
RUNNIN' NINETY-NINE
PROOF MOONSHINE
'CROSS THAT COUNTY LINE
THREE TWO ONE
AND IGNITION
OFF ON
SOME SPACE
SHUTTLE MISSION
PLAYIN' QB
FOR THE COWBOYS
GETTIN' HIGH
ON THE CROWD NOISE
AND THE BRIGHT LIGHTS
YEAH
ALL THIS TIME
THINGS WERE ROCKIN'
IN THE MIND
OF JOHN J. BLANCHARD
4 BAR
BREAK
HE HAD A STROKE
IN NINETY-FIVE
THEY THOUGHT IT BEST
THAT HE RESIDE
IN A NURSIN' HOME