THE PITS

(CHORUS)
It's the 24th of May and we likes to get away 
Up in the woods or going out the bay 
There's all kinds of places but the place we likes to get 
Is up on the highway in the gravel pits

We loves to go out in the good old gravel pits 
We loves to go out there when life gets smelly 
We can spray paint our names on the face of the cliff 
Go up to the Irving for a coke and chips 

Hitches up the camper and out of town we go 
Out on the highway with everything in tow 
The dog is in the back seat and Grandfather's drunk 
Youngsters in the trailer and the wife is in the trunk 

(CHORUS)
It's the 24th of May and we likes to get away 
Up in the woods or going out the bay 
There's all kinds of places but the place we likes to get 
Is up on the highway in the gravel pits

John is coming over and Sue and Henry too 
We polish off a bottle and a pot of moose stew 
We tell a few stories, an awful lot of lies 
Green boughs on the fire to keep away the flies 

The youngsters gets excited then they starts to bounce and jump up 
When we piles in the car and goes up to the dump 
It's cheaper than the movies so we all sits and stares 
Up by the garbage b'y you're lookin at the bears 

(CHORUS)
It's the 24th of May and we likes to get away 
Up in the woods or going out the bay 
There's all kinds of places but the place we likes to get 
Is up on the highway in the gravel pits

We flies a Newfie flag on an old spruce pole 
And drowns a few worms in a tractor mud hole 
Then listens to the radio we plays it good and loud 
A scoff on the Coleman stove is bound to draw a crowd 

When the weekend's over and we're headed back to town 
A half inch of sloppy snow lying on the ground 
A hundred dollars poorer, who wants to be rich 
We just had a lovely time out in the pits 

(CHORUS)
It's the 24th of May and we likes to get away 
Up in the woods or going out the bay
There's all kinds of places but the place we likes to get 
Is up on the highway in the gravel pits 
Is up on the highway in the gravel pits