I was fully prepared to go mountain biking this morn'
but then ,while hanging out at my neighbors' house
settling in for a calm beer sipping evening
while setting off some low-grade explosives
another neighbor showed up with a cooler full of labatt blue
and said he couldn't take it home with him
and begged us to help him empty it... the cooler
now, being the upstanding citizen that I am, almost an American hero, really
I had to help!!
it was my neighborly duty
it was my American duty
so, with one drunken, late-night email to my bros
I bowed out of the ride
luckily there's another ride in the works for tomorrow
as long as i'm not called into action this evening
I will be there
but I've gotta do what I gotta do
you know?