The Accident (Things Could Be Worse)-John Prine

[00:00.98]Last night I saw an accident [00:15.80]On the corner of Third and Green [00:19.92]Two cars collided and I got excited [00:24.81]Just being part of that scene [00:28.53]It was Mrs. Tom Walker and her beautiful daughter [00:33.40]Pamela, was driving the car [00:37.52]They got hit by a man in a light blue sedan [00:42.24]Who had obviously been to a bar. [00:45.91]They don't know how lucky they are [00:50.60]They could have run into that tree [00:55.43]Got struck by a bolt of lightning [00:59.67]And raped by a minority. [01:03.82]It was a four way stop dilemma [01:14.64]We all arrived the same time [01:19.40]I yielded to the man to the right of me [01:23.99]And he yielded it right back to mine [01:27.73]Well, the yield went around and around and around [01:32.79]Till Pamela finally tried [01:37.04]Just then the man in the light blue sedan [01:41.62]Hit Pamela's passenger side. [01:45.66]They don't know how lucky they are [01:50.37]They could have run into that tree [01:55.27]Got struck by a bolt of lightning [01:59.38]And raped by a minority. [02:04.42]Pamela hit her head on the mirror [02:27.52]Mrs Walker got a bump on the knee [02:32.17]The man hit himself in the face and said [02:37.16]"Why does this happen to me?" [02:40.92]The neighbors came out [02:43.55]And they gathered about [02:45.80]Saying "Hey! who hit who anyway?" [02:49.95]And the police arrived at a quarter to five [02:54.48]And pronounced all the victims "Okay". [02:58.70]They don't know how lucky they are [03:03.17]They could have run into that tree [03:07.79]Got struck by a bolt of lightning [03:12.24]And raped by a minority. [03:16.83]