he ain't dead like they say;

he's driving a pickup truck

and he sure looks happy enough.

He was out on Route 66

we were both stuck in traffic;

he was wearing his vintage shades,

and he sure didn't look his age

I yelled, "Hey, is there an accident--

and weren't you the president?"

He just sat there for a while

and then he flashed that Kennedy smile.

He said, "Son, it occurred to me

way back in '63,

I no longer had to be

President Kennedy.

And I didn't need Jackie O,

didn't need Marilyn Monroe,

all I needed to get by

was a truck and a highway to ride.

Well in Dallas it was my luck

I snuck out to buy this old truck;

my double caught a bullet in the head

and I was free because I was dead.

I've been traveling along ever since

food and gas are my only expense

and wherever the road takes me

you know the girls are always friendly."

I saw John Kennedy today,

he waved as he pulled away;

he's driving a pickup truck

and he sure looks happy enough.