Present Company

Used to drive a pipeline

From here to Blind Man's Bend

Tried to ride the mainline

I went there with my friends

I like to be together

I like to be alone

Yes and what I like best

Is to like it like this

And to stay with you at home

I'd enjoy the present company

Eat some grits and harmony

And it couldn't get much better for me

I'd enjoy your company ooh

Used to drive an ocean liner

Sunk in '52

Off the coast of Indo-China

Yes I sunk there too

Frost on the jewelled glass windows here

Is ringing in the dawn my dear

Spring is bursting out of my ears

I wish that I was home

I'd enjoy the present company

Eat some grits and harmony

And it couldn't get much better for me

I'd enjoy the company ooh

You can wave a banner

I don't mind if you do

I'm running back to Louisiana

I'm going to drink that Mountain Dew

Used to be a loner

And I'd run the highway tolls

What I run now is running out of hair

And to stay with you at home

So joy to the present company

Joy to the grits and harmony

And joy to getting better for me

I enjoy the company ooh