POSSUM DROPPING TIME
G. Smith - (c) 2004 


Verse 1:
New Year's Eve in western Carolina;
We're down at Clay's Garage on Broad at Main.
Folks have come to town for celebratin',
'Cause it's possum droppin' time here once again.

Verse 2:
Tomorrow we'll eat black-eyed peas and collards,
To bring us luck and money all next year;
But tonight we're gonna hoot and howl and holler,
'Cause possum droppin' time is fin'ly here.

Chorus:
It's possum droppin' time here once again;
Time to gather 'round ...
With fam-i-ly and friends;
It's how we ring the new year in,
And how the old one ends...
Yes, it's possum droppin' time here once again.

Verse 3:
They drop a big ball up in New York City,
They say a million folks're in Times Square.
We'll be lucky if we get two-hundred fifty;
But chances are we'll know most people there.

Chorus:
It's possum droppin' time here once again;
Time to gather 'round...
With fam-i-ly and friends;
It's how we ring the new year in,
And how the old one ends...
Yes, it's possum droppin' time here once again.

Chorus:
It's possum droppin' time here once again; (Crowd noise: "FIVE!)
Time to gather 'round... ("FOUR!")
With fam-i-ly and friends; ("THREE!")
It's how we ring the new year in, ("TWO!")
And how the old one ends... ("ONE!")
Yes, it's possum droppin' time here once again. ("HAPPY NEW YEAR!!")
Yes, it's possum droppin' time here once again.

(Spoken as music fades:
"The possum has landed")

(Spoken once music ends:
"Well, as mayor, I'd like to say that I'm possum-tivly o'possum-istic
about all the possum-bilities presented by the coming year")