"Weird Al" Yankovic – Trapped In The Drive-Thru (Guitar)

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[Chords] Am6/C x34210 E 022100 [Intro] Am6/C E [Ballad]

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Seven o'clock in the evening

Watchin' somethin' stupid on TV

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I'm zoned out on the sofa

When my wife comes in the room and sees me

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And she says "is this 'Behind the Music'

With Lynyrd Skynyrd?"

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And I say I don't know

Say, it's gettin' late, watcha wanna do for dinner?

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She says "I kinda had a big lunch

So I'm not super hungry"

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I said, well you know, baby, I'm not starvin' either

But I could eat"

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She said "So whadya have in mind?"

I said I don't know what about you?

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She said "I don't care, if you're hungry, let's eat"

I said that's what we're gonna do!

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But first you gotta tell me

What it is you're hungry for!

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And she says "let me think,

What's left in our refrigerator?"

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I said well, there's tuna, I know

She said "That went bad a week ago!"

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I said is the chili okay?

She said "you finished that yesterday!"

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I hopped up and I said

I don't know, do you want to get something delivered?

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She's like "why would I want to eat liver?

I don't even like liver!"

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I'm like no, I said 'delivered'

She's like "I heard you say liver!"

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I'm like I should know what I said

She's like "whatever, I just don't want any liver!"

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Well I was gonna say something

But my cell phone started to ring

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Now who could be callin' me?

Well I checked my caller ID

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It was just cousin Larry

Callin' for the third time today

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My wife said "Let it go to voicemail"

I said okay

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Where were we? Oh, dinner, right

So what d'ya want to do?

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She said "why don't you whip up somethin' in the kitchen?"

Yeah, I said why don't you?

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And then she said "baby, can't we just go out to dinner, please?"

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I says no

She says "yes" I says no She says "yes" I says no She says "yes Oh, here's your keys"

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I step a little bit closer

Say okay, where ya want to go?

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She says "how about The Ivy?"

I said yeah, well I don't know

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I don't feel like gettin all dressed up

And eatin' expensive food

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She's says "Olive Garden?"

I say nah, I'm not in the mood

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And Burrito King would make me gassy

There's no doubt

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She says "Just forget about it"

I said no, I swear I'm gonna take you out!

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Then I get an idea

I says I know what we'll do!

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She says "What?"

I say, guess? She says "What?" I say we're goin' to the drive-thru!

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So we head out the front door

Open the garage door

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Then I open the car doors

And we get in those car doors

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Put my key in the ignition

And then I turn it sideways

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Then we fasten our seat belts

As we pull out the driveway

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Then we drive to the drive-thru

Heading off to the drive-thru

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We're approaching the drive-thru

Getting close to the drive-thru!

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Almost there at the drive-thru

Now we're here at the drive thru

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Here in line at the drive-thru

Did I mention the drive-thru?

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Well here we are

In the drive-thru line, me and her

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Cars in front of us, cars in back of us

All just waiting to order

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There's some idiot in a Volvo

With his brights on behind me

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I lean out the window and scream

Hey, whatcha tryin to do, blind me?

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My wife says "maybe we should park

We could just go eat inside"

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I said I'm wearin' bunny slippers

So I ain't leavin' this ride

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Now a woman on a speaker box

Is sayin' "Can I take your order, please?"

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I said yes indeed, you certainly can

We'd like two hamburgers with onions and cheese

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Then my wife says

"Baby, hold on, I've changed my mind!

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I think I'm gonna have a chicken sandwich

Instead, this time"

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I said you always get a cheeseburger!

She says "That's not what I'm hungry for"

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I put my head in my hands and screamed,

I don't know who you are anymore!

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The voice on the speaker says

"I don't have all day!"

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I said, then, take our order,

And we'll be on our way!

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I wanna get a chicken sandwich

And I want a cheeseburger, too

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She's like "you want onions on that?"

I'm like, yeah, I already said that I do

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Plus we need curly fries

And don't you dare forget it!

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And two medium root beers

No, just one, we'll split it"

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Then I said I'm guessin' that

You're probably not too bright

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So read me back my order

Let's make sure you got it right

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She says "one, you want a chicken sandwich

Two, you want a cheeseburger

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Three, curly fries, and a large root beer"

Stop, don't go no further!

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I never ordered a large rootbeer

I said medium, not large!

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Then she says "we're havin' a special,

I supersized you at no charge"

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"Oh" and that's all

I could say, was "Oh"

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And she says "now there is somethin' else

That I really think you should know

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You can have unlimited refills

For just a quarter more"

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I say, great, except we're in the drive thru

So what would I want that for?

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Then she says "Wait a minute

Your voice sounds so familiar hey, is this Paul?

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And my wife is all like "no, that ain't Paul,

Now tell me, who's this Paul?

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She says "Oh, he's just some guy

Who goes to school with me

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I sat behind him last year

And I copied off him in Geometry

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I said I know a guy named Paul

He used to be my plumber

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He was prematurely bald

And he moved to Pittsburgh last summer

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He also had bladder problems

And a really bad infection on his toe

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And she said "Mister, please, you can stop right there,

That's way more than I needed to know!"

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And then we both were quiet

And things got real intense

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Then she says "next window please,

That'll be five dollars and eighty two cents"

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So we inched ahead in line

Movin' painfully slow

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I got a little bored

So I turned on the radio [Interlude] E C Am E E E E C Am

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Click, turned it off

Because my wife was getting a headache

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So we both just sat there quietly

For her sake

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Then I looked at her

And she looked back at me And I said umm, I think you have somethin' in your teeth

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She turned away from me

And then turned back and said "did I get it?" I said yeah well, I mean, most of it But hey, ya know, don't sweat it

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Then she said "how about now?"

I said yeah, almost There's still a little bit there But don't worry, it's probably just a piece of toast"

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Now we're at the pay window

Or whatever you call it

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Put my hand in my pocket

I can't believe there's no wallet! N.C.

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And the lady at the window's like,

"Well, well, well, that'll be five eighty two"

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I turn around to my wife, and say

How much have you got on you?

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She just rolls her eyes and says

"I'll pay for this, I guess"

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So she reaches into her purse

And pulls out the American Express

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I hand it to the lady

And she says "oh, dear

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It's gotta be cash only

We don't take credit cards here"

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I took back the card and said

Gee, really? Well that sucks

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And that's when I found out

My wife was only carryin' three bucks

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I said I thought you were

Going to hit the ATM today

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She says "I never got around to it

So where's your wallet anyway?

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And I said never mind,

Just help me to find some change

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Now the lady at the window

Is lookin' at me kinda strange

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And she says "Mister, please,

We gotta move this line along"

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I said now hold your stinkin' horses lady,

We won't be long

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So, we looked around inside the glove-box

And check the mat beneath my feet

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I found a nickel in the ashtray

And a couple pennies and a dime in the space between he seats

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Before long I had a little pile

Of coins of every sort

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The lady counts it up and says

"You're still about a dollar short"

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And now my woman's got this weird look

Frozen on her face

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She screams, "you know

I wasn't even really hungry in the first place"

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And so I turned around

To the cashier again

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I shrugged and said okay

Forget the chicken sandwich then

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So I pick up my change

Pick up my receipt

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And I drive to the pickup window

Man, I just can't wait to eat

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And now we see this acne ridden

Kid about sixteen

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Wearin' a dorky name tag that says

"Hello, my name is Eugene"

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And he hands me a paper bag

I look him in the eyes

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And I say to him, hey, Eugene,

Could I get some ketchup for my fries?

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Well he looks at me

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And I look at him

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And he looks at me

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And I look at him

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And he looks at me

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And I look at him

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And he says "I'm sorry

What did you want again?"

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I say ketchup!

And he says "oh yeah, that's right

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I just spaced out there for a second

I'm really kind of burnt tonight"

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And then he hands me the ketchup

And now we're finally drivin' away And the food is drivin' me mad With its intoxicating bouquet

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I'm starvin' to death

By the time we pull up at the traffic light

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I say, baby, gimme that burger,

I just gotta have a bite!

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So she reaches in the bag

And pulls out the burger

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And she hands me the burger

And I pick up the burger

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And then I unwrap the paper

I bite into those buns

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And I just can't believe it

They forgot the onions!