Highway Patrolman Sid Griffin

[Verse 1]
My name is Joe Roberts
I work for the state
I'm a sergeant out of Perrineville
Barracks number eight
I've always done an honest job
As honest as I could
I got a brother named Frankie
And Frankie ain't no good

[Verse 2]
Ever since we was young kids
It's been the same come down
I get a call on the shortwave
Frankie's in trouble downtown
Well, if it was any other man
I'd put him straight away
But when it's your own brother
You look the other way

[Chorus]
Yeah, with Frankie laughing and drinking
Nothing feels like blood on blood
Taking turns dancing with Maria
As the band played "Night of the Johnstown Flood"
I catch him when he's straying
Like any brother would
Man turns his back on family
Well, he just ain't no good