Shade Tree (Fix-It Man) - Merle Haggard, The Strangers

Yeah I’m a shade tree fix-it man I don’t need any helping hand

I’m a Jack-of-all-trades when I’m working in their shade

I’m a shade tree-fix-it man

Well I headed out a west from Arkansas my Ruby ran fine for a while

Then a rock started knocking a gauge started rocking she wouldn’t run another

mile

But on that downhill drag I coasted for awhile until I found me a shady inn

I started huffing and a puffing started a fretting and a sweating

But I soon had her running again

About noon the next day I was back on the road I had her running on out

While I was wheeling and a dealing I got a funny feeling

If my baby kind a felt this doubt

Oh I found me a shade by the side of the road I fixed everything up fine

With a little bit of loving in a few minutes later we was rolling on down the

line

One more time