Well, I've got an eagle eye on you, Darlin'!

Yup, Deanie darlin', some folks git signs, while ol'Bud here gits whole billboards! That Acme Roofin' truck was gone today, but the melody lingers on. Guess it jest made its point an' zoomed off again, back to chasin' that ol'roadrunner, outta my sight but still in my mind - meep! meep!

Kinda like you, gal. Thoughts of you keep swimin' 'round 'n 'round my fevered brain, like some hauntin' refrain. Boy! You sure got me in music mode today! That's 'cuz you're such a delight to me, too, my lil'bible-thumpin' sweetie-pie. To my mind, there's nothing like a good bible-thumpin', 'lessen it's a good ol'fashioned, American as apple-pie, humpin'. How ya like them apples?!

Sorry, sweet-heart, don't mean to be rude an' crude, jest statin' the facts as I sees'em. After all, the good Lord tole us to be fruitful an' multiply, an' gave us all them wunnaful nerve endin's an' hormones to prove it. Talkin' 'bout back up! Bird's do it an' bees do it, even the lilies inna field do it, so we might as well git in the act! Jest call me "Nature Boy!"

So, no wonder I really liked that last song you sent, 'bout fallen angels 'n eagles. Guess they used an eagle in that bible story 'cuz it's a bird of PRAY, right!? Oh, darlin', I know you know that was a pretty awful joke. Cagey me, I'm jest hopin' to end up in the punitentiary, so's we kin start havin' summa them conjungle visits. As you kin tell, your cards 'n letters are steamin' me up somethang fierce! Even Ripley's startin' to show some interest...I kin see it now, "The Incredible Volcano Man - Stan' back an' watch'em blow!"

After readin' them fallen angel an' ol'bird lyrics, I sure hope you don't think you're some terrible person for whatever reason, 'cuz I sure don't. If anyone around here's a sinner, it's gotta be me. After all, I'm the man an' you're the woman - right? Well, everyone knows men are fulla snakes an' snails an' puppy dog tails, while womens are the essence of sugar an' spice an' everylil'thang nice. It's jest our natures. Home free card! 'Sides, even if'n you wuz some "Soiled Dove," perish the thought, I'd love ya jest as much - twice as much, even. Saints are all fine 'n dandy, but tell the truth now, would ya really wanna marry one!? Not me, anyways. Give me an honest-to-goodness, down...way, way down-to-earth sinner anyday. You know, someone I kin relate to...

'Sides there's bad an' then there's BAD!!! People who plant bombs an' cut off heads, who molest an' murder lil'kids, who steal ol'folks' pension funds, now that's BAD EVIL!!! You an' I may stumble an' fall but at least we pick ourselves up, an' do what we can to be decent, God-fearin' folk. Darlin', you've got a whole lotta heart an' I've got every faith that your fine points far outweigh any faults of your dark side. 'Member as the Good Book says, "Don't git so down on yourself..." That's sound advice. People like us are kinda perfectionists. We take our faults to heart 'cuz we know we could and should do a lot better. Gotta remember, nobody's perfect, least of all me, sweet-heart, so I won't be judgin' you any time soon. We're jest humans. Wouldn't have it any other way. I like to think we're good influences on each other. You've sure made a man outta me...

Summertime (Gershwin)
An' the livin' is easy
Easy for you to say!
Fish are jumpin'
And the cotton is high
Actually, it's marijuana...
Keep your cotton pickin' hands off it!

You're daddy's rich
And your mamma's good lookin'
'Plains where you get it from
So, hush lil'baby
Don't you cry
'Lessen they're tears of joy

One of these mornin's
You're gonna rise up singin'
Then you'll spread your wings
And you'll take to the sky
Ripleys: "Fallen angel takes wing!"

But 'till that mornin'
There's a'nothin' can harm you
With good ol'Bud standin' by
So, hush lil'baby
Don't you cry

XO
Bud