THE ROAD-ANTS SAGA
Ty Smith


HIGHWAY SONG
(The Quest)

My father was of the highway..
My mother a common road.
And here I sit a road-ant,
Fearless of the toad.

My silver-green complexion
Has not hindered me in my quest,
Of finding my father's highway
So I can pass the test,

That my father passed before me -
Of which road-ant is best.
I hope that I can find it
Before I'm laid to rest.
I hope that I can find it
Before I'm laid to rest.


*****


ROAD-ANTS ARE GOOD TRACTION
(In The Rain)


Late for work, I got in my car,
The road was wet, the slick black tar:
Road-ants are good traction in the rain.
Road-ants are good traction in the rain.

Early spring, yet the sky was dark;
I soon was lost; with no place to park.
Road-ants are gpod traction in the rain.
Road-ants are good traction in the rain.

I had to follow the path I chose,
And driving slowly I began to doze.
Road-ants are good traction in the rain.
Road-ants are good traction in the rain.

Then it came to me, a voice from the past;
"Road-ants are good traction" and I can go fast!
Road-ants are good traction in the rain.
Road-ants are gpod traction in the rain.....


*****


RUSTY ROAD-ANTS
(In The Rain)


What do you do when you're rusty?
Left on the side of the road..
Rusty road-ants in the rain
Fearless at the toad.

Is the price of your honour
Living in your shell?
Rusty road-ants in the rain,
Limbo-life in Hell.

Once you ran over
The asphalt avenues.
Rusty road-ants in the rain,
Never thought he'd lose.

Is the price of your honour
Living in your shell?
Rusty road-ants in the rain,
Limbo-life in Hell.


*****


RED ROAD-ANT PLAGUE


I hit a patch of road-ants
Basking in the sun..
I heard their crispy bodies break
As the rest began to run.

And suddenly I noticed
A color near my feet..
A reddish tint began to spread,
Up and down the street.

Red Road-ant Plague, where the green begins to fade,
Red Road-ant Plague, it's a reddish, putrid shade.

I thought I'd call a doctor
Or maybe call a vet.
Mother-***** son-of-a-bitch,
Don't ever call a vet.

He wouldn't make a house call
So I caught one in a net....
Road-ants are good traction in the rain
Road-ants are good traction in the rain.

*CRUNCH* Steel-studded road-ant replacements!

Red Road-ant Plague, where the green begins to fade,
Red Road-ant Plague, it's a reddish, putrid shade.
Red Road-ant Plague, where the green begins to fade,
Red Road-ant Plague, it's a reddish, putrid shade.


*****


SPRINGTIME FOR ROAD-ANTS
(Or How I Learned To Watch Road-ants Do It)


Iron bugs infest the ditches
That the tires made,
Green bodies in spriLngtim
When the road-ants get laid.

I see them out the window
Of this shiny metal box,
The larger male road-ants,
Females sucking *****.

Ooooooooh, oooooh, ooooooh

Yes road-ants have it easy
In this great, big land of ours.....
Coming in the springtime
And in the summer chasing cars!


*****


LONELY LITTLE ROAD-ANT


Once upon a time there was a road-ant
Who wasn't strong enough to survive.
The trucks, the buses, and cars too,
And anything else that drives.
Because instead of being green-
He was blue.

Lonely little road-ant,
Lonely little road-ant.

Trucks-they're like cars.
Cars. they're like buses.
They use my head for the bottom of their shoes,
And for their smokes-it's my lungs they use.

Lonely little road-ant,
Lonely little who?
Lonely little road-ant...
"Who you talkin' to? Now let me tell you something."

Road-ants are good traction in the rain.
Road-ants are good traction in the rain.
Road-ants are good traction in the rain.


*****


YOU CAN'T FLUSH A ROAD-ANT


You can't flush a road-ant and you can't chuck' em out,
Go ahead and try it baby, you'll find out
That road-ants, they got a mind of their own.

You can't flush a road-ant and you can't chuck 'em out,
You'll never hear 'em laughing and you'll never hear 'em shout
Oh road-ants, they got a world of their own~
And if you listen real hard-you might just hear one moan.

You can't flush a roadant and you can't chuck 'em out,
You can't flush a roadant and you can't chuck 'em out,
You can't flush a roadant and you can't chuck 'em out,
You can't flush a roadant and you can't chuck 'em out,
You can't flush a roadant and you can't chuck 'em out,
You can't flush a roadant and you can't chuck 'em out,

No you can't

No you can't

No you can't

No you CAN'T!!

No you can't flush a road-ant and you can't chuck 'em out,
Go ahead and try it baby, you'll find out
That road-ants. they got a world of their own,
But if you listen real hard-you might just hear one moan.

You can't flush a road-ant and you can't chuck 'em out.
You can't flush a road-ant and you can't chuck' em out.
You can't flush a road-ant and you can't chuck 'em out.
You can't flush a road-ant and you can't chuck' em out.
You can't flush a road-ant and you can't chuck 'em out.
You can't flush a road-ant and you can't chuck' em out.