| Well, ol' Virgil always was a clown
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| Dumbest man in our hometown
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| But somehow, he got hired out at the NASA base
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| And then one day, against all the rules
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| While cleanin' up a space capsule
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| He closed the hatch and started playing Man in Space
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| He put a spacesuit on and sat right down
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| Started flippin' switches and messin' around
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| A siren started blastin' and a green light was flashin' «ready»
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| Yeah, hoses were snappin' and gas was going «whoosh»
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| Virgil just had to give that button a push
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| And son of a gun, he was gone like Richard Petty
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| Oh, mama
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| Hello, Houston, we got a problem
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| Get Gladys on the phone
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| Somebody tell her where I’m at
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| How long I’ll be gone
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| Yeah, remind her she needs to feed my dogs
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| Milk the cow and slop them hogs
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| Hello, Houston, we got a problem
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| How y’all gonna get me back home?
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| Huh?
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| Well, we saw it right there on TV
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| My wife, my kids, the dog and me
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| On a broadcast from outer space on the evening news
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| Oh, Virgil wasn’t havin' any fun
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| He’d run down the batteries on his Star Wars gun
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| And he was turning green in various shades and hues
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| He said, «Boys, you better get me down quick
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| 'Cause I’m afraid I’m gonna be sick
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| I don’t, I don’t think I can take much more of this
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| Lord, all I do is just float around
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| Half the time I think I’m upside down, you know
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| I need to throw up but I don’t know where up is»
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| Hello, Redneck One, Redneck One, this is mission control
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| Stand by, Virgil, we’re about to execute your re-entry
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| Execute me? |
| Lord, have mercy
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| Couldn’t, couldn’t you just dock me a couple of days' pay?
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| Whoa, here we go again
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| Hello, Houston, we got a problem
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| I think we got a flat tire
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| Yeah, I just looked out that little round window
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| And the whole capsule’s afire
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| Everything’s a-shakin' and a-burnin' hot
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| If you’re gonna execute me, I’d just as soon be shot
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| Hello, Houston, we got a problem
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| I’m droppin' like a fallin' star
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| Well, give NASA credit, they got him back
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| And of course, he was immediately sacked
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| And we were all amazed at the fame Virgil’s ride had brought
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| But ol' Virgil knew just how to work it
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| 'Cause the next thing you know, he’s on the talk show circuit
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| Billin' himself as «The Redneck Astronaut»
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| Hello, Oprah, we got a problem
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| Montel’s on the other phone
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| Yeah, he wants to book me too
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| And so does 20/20 and Jenny Jones
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| Now I’m sure that we can work it out in time
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| Just have your people talk to mine
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| Hello, Oprah, gotta go now
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| 60 Minutes is on the phone
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| Hey, 60 Minutes, yeah
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| Aw, I’d love to
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| But you know, I gotta have that first segment
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| And, yeah, and Mike Wallace has gotta host it
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| Uh-huh, oh, well, okay, fine then, we’ll give it to Dateline
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| Eh, uh, what’s that?
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| Oh, well, that’s more like it
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| Yeah, well, I kinda, I kinda thought you’d see it my way
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| I mean, after all, it does make sense, don’t it?
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| Spacesuit? |
| Yeah, I got a spacesuit
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| Well, you know, it’s, it’s not a real spacesuit
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| But I mean, you can’t tell the difference from three feet away
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| Glad-Gladys made it for me
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| Yeah, she, yeah, she’s got one of them sewin' machines that, that does all that
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| fancy stuff
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| Oh yeah |