Roy Clark "Thank God And Greyhound"

[bernardmainwaring]

And that folks is why divorces are so damned expensive;and I should know because I've had a couple. It's because THEY ARE WORTH IT !!!!!!!!!!

[vkirkman]

First time I heard this, I was driving down the highway. Had to pull off the road, I was laughing so hard!

[geointm]

My uncle actually wrote this song... (Ed Nix from GA)... One of his funnier songs from the era. He passed away a couple of years ago now and was wanting to complete a song/concept entitled the "Bottom Line"... I'm workin on it...

[dalekrueger]

nothin beats the sound of a screamin jimmy taking your ex away for good

[The50Fordman]

Great song. reminds me of my 2nd ex wife. She took off with a Marine and the checkbook. I went to a bar that night and played this song until closiing then went home with a drunk barfly. Had to take out a loan to paythe mortgage but it was worth it. Last I heard, her new (3rd) husband used to beat her regularly.- poetic justice.

[groundhoglxi1]

Just heard Barney Fwank is retiring.....this song came to mind!!!! YIPPEEEE!!!

[abebabe7]

@groundhoglxi1 Bwah-ha-ha-ha!!!!!!!!!

[doughesson]

@groundhoglxi1 Wait til January 20,2013.

[abebabe7]

@groundhoglxi1 - THIS is one of the funniest posts I've ever seen!

[0Bowwow1]

Love, love, love this song!!

[oldhippie19691]

I finally got to where I told my ex she looked better with her ass going out the door than she did with her face coming in the door!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!

[oldmusiclover95]

a vary nice song for when i get out of school i will play it in my head as a walk out the door

[lurchthing]

Great song

[hwright212]

FOR MY EX MOTHER IN LAW. LET ME BUY THE TICKET!!!!!!

[mpoplin1958]

Love all of these old songs and Roy Clark is certainly one of the all time greats. If records expired after 10 years and you couldn't listen to them anymore, I just wouldn't listen to anything today because there would be no music left.

[730M]

pops and clicks from time to time, it's from vinyl! and It Makes it better dont try to clean it .

[Restosiii]

@730M DEFINATELY, I just love the sound of the clicks and pops XD

[btooley10]

My ex-wife left one of those dislikes...probably left all three ! Because she can't stand hearing someone sing "MY" song...........

[GadeTerbob]

It sounds like vinyl! Just as it should!!

[rononmak]

Amen on the greatness of this song. I love the contrast from the first to the second half of the song.

[doughesson]

Clicks,pops and white noise are all part of what music is all about.

[YcGrAn]

In 1973 I dropped my 2nd. wife at a Greyhound station with her suitcase in Chattanooga, turned around, drove back to Dunlap, smoked a doob, drank a pint of JD, never saw her again, and hope to God I never do She just didn't like my lifestyle back then, and I didn't like the boyfriend she took up with. I really love this song!

[ranger1100ky]

Roy still IS one of the greats. Still doing shows in Branson, last I heard. He's one of the finest guitarists I've ever laid eyes on.

And this song, is solid GOLD... right there with "Yesterday When I Was Young", and Malaguena, which is just an amazing song to watch him play.

[bagelboi66]

Roy Clark was one of the greats. I saw him perform when I was maybe seven years old. He made me laugh even though I didn't understand most of what he said. Great song too. Thanks for putting this up, it brings back some good memories.

[hotrodtrucker88]

hey, is this good or what?????????

[frilb]

Isn't this a wonderul song? It perfectly captures the time my ex-wife left me, while I was in the hospital. It's as though Roy knew her personally. In my version I sing "Thank god and Southwest Airlines you're gone".

[Apache1220]

gettin hit by a coffee cup is usually a small price to pay!

[kgbtbjb]

I LIKED ROY A LONG TIME.

[cherylclair]

My husband and my first date was to a Roy Clark concert . We both had exs and when he sang this, it immediatly became "our song". We've now been married 38 years, have 3 sons and 5 grandsons.

[dustbunee2007]

Last night, I was in a "Hee Haw" themed show (a condensed version of the show I was in this past spring), and the guy who played Roy Clark sang this (it was a replacement for our Lulu singing "Shopping List", since the lady couldn't be there), and at the end of the song, the guy's wife walked across the stage with a penciled sign that read "SEE YOU AT HOME, I MISSED THE BUS".

[Memphis1943]

If they had a contest for best country music title this would definitely be a contender.

Thanks for uploading it.

[benwitt1]

@Memphis1943 Sounds good....but my fave is "I'm Gonna Hire A Wino To Decorate Our Home"

[mikeshanteler]

Just saw Roy Clark yesterday. He sang this tune and he still sounds great. It was a great fathers day performance, he even brought an 11 year fiddle champion up from the audience to play with him.

[2451barryst]

@mikeshanteler We were there too. It was so amazing!!

[jacsonhole]

I sent a copy of this song in one of those recordable greeting cards to my ex when our divorce was final (and what a glorious day that was!!). Come to think of it, she never said thank you!!

[Skyblue90210]

@jacsonhole that was sooo cool of you to send the card to her

[FLSHBK1]

@jacsonhole What do you mean, 'she never said thank you'? She left, didn't she? Actions speak louder than words! ;-)

[jakeizlove]

@jacsonhole How ungrateful of her!!

[BARRYKATE1]

Good one...

[shanr0k]

i am roy clarks step cousin. seriously. my grandma tells me about him but i never met him.

[gracely77]

My husband and I used to listen to this and laughed.....Fond memories.

[mkworkman]

2:34 audio: 1970 hit "Thank God and Greyhound," written and sung by Roy Clark (born April 15, 1933).

[JoeHamelin]

If you want some very early Roy Clark when he was still just a studio talent check out The Astounding 12 String Guitar of Glen Campbell, his first album. Roy really shines on The Ballard of Jed Clampett playing banjo (Search You Tube.) It also shows that Glen can handle a guitar.

[Satchmoeddie]

I like Roy and Itzak Pearlman on the Odd Couple episode. Roy Clark is a concert violinist as is Pearlman. Roy played Turkey in the Straw and Itzahk ask Roy "How much do you make?" Roy says," XX Million dollars" and Pearlman says, "Catchy tune how'd that go again?" I have an instrument that was on stage with Roy Clark, Merle Travis, and Buddy Emmons on the same show played buy Bobbey Garret. These guys fingernail clipping have more talent than 95% of today's "artists" trying to play music.

[paulamcnaughtonmuir]

My friend Kim Pope sent this link to me, it has really cheered me up - what a fantastically funny song! :))))

[baldy194859]

he was on the beverly hillbillies.

[TheLongshot11]

Was Rog Clark from S

West Virginia and his child lived in Parkersburg,WV?Yes I like his singing and playing.TheLongshot11

[fluffydanny]

Keith

[idgit2442]

Thank God & greyhound she's gone.

How do we let ourselves get roped into these kinds of things? Oh, wait. I think I know. If we weren't all horndogs, this kinda shite wouldn't happen so often.We gotta learn to think with the big head. Cause ya can't live withem, & ya can't killem.

[crowleysridgegirl]

@idgit2442 Hey,bro,I can identify,but,I can say that same thing about some of the DUDES I've gotten roped up with!

[dunninntime1]

good song, mr. scott do you have when the blows in chicago by roy ? ty

[boom3rang]

You can get rid of the "pops and clicks" on the vinyl, you know? Records don't magically grow stalagmites over the years, that sound is dirt. Clean your records and they'll sound like new. I recommend the Disc Doctor record cleaning kit, the brushes and fluid work great.

[ParkerAllen2]

I haven't heard this one in many years. Sounds even better than I remember. Thanks for posting.

[Michinil]

OMG I LOVE THIS!!! I was just looking at some Roy Clark videos this morning, and bam! I end up on your video Jay! I always loved this song!

[flatline2421]

I love the pops and clicks....After a couple of years as a rock and roll DJ

I landed at a country station Turntables and a building (yes a building) full of albums and singles going back to the 1940's Urban Cowboy had come out a year before and I was at home. The format was 3Solid Gold cuts per hour. I was a kid from Long Island and found out that fans of country music are a loyal bunch. Got to meet Clark twice when his fished Lake Okeechobee. I found out that he was a true superpicker

[hotdog2020]

underrated for sure. Great artist!

[wildfire52732]

Roy Clark - you sing my life , yes yes yes

[moecat1000]

i meet him when he first started working for jimmy dean.up in the washington area.

[olddocman]

I dedicate this to my second Ex Wife... Only the Bus was a 747 Jet ! Adios Gordita !

[Vydio]

Seems fitting to give this a listen this evening as Ms Pelosi will be out of a job shortly.

[SuperAfter7]

@Vydio hey that is so awesome she is losing that 747 and i hope flys straight into hell

[keenleon]

One of the great country songs.

[thekenergizer]

Love this song!!!!

[JohnDeereBoy06]

"Forgive the pops and clicks from time to time, it's from vinyl!"

umm...y 4give u?

i love the clicks from vinyl, if sum1 dont like them then they jus hate the classic sound f this music

[autobotjazz1972]

great song , first time I heard it i was like what a sad song then it got to the funny part and i was like wait...what? lol

[JohnnyTheWolfLupino]

Great song!

[Alabama1861]

I got to meet Roy Clark in Person at a show he holds in Linton, Indiana in the Linton-Stockton High School Gym.

[mosquewatcher]

DEDICATED TO MY EX WIFE !!!!!!!!!

Thank G-d and Greyhound you ARE GONE !

[Lava1964]

The two people who voted "dislike" have no sense of humor.

[pauldrake2511]

those vows you take til death do us part! later on in life you wil figure out that your actually setting a goal!

[Garandman66]

love this song. had it on 8 track. i could hit the 'skip' button just after the song ended, and be back at the start for this one again. i'd play it over and over again.. thanks

[MrBriggsauto]

love the sound of vynel

[scarletky]

I think a lot of people have said the same thing in their lives. LOL

[sumerixt]

If they say Toby Keith's "How do you like me now" is the best F-you song ever written, then this has to be the best "Kiss my ass" song ever written and recorded!!! LOL

[pauldrake2511]

i can relate to this song roflmao!i told her SATIN BE GONE!

[pro3tlb]

I sang this song to my ex-wife and her mother as they were leaving. My ex mother in law tossed a coffee mug at me.

[winitred000]

@pro3tlb Mother in laws are good for that............LMAO..........­.I can think of a Mother in Law I would like to have thrown a coffee mug at...........

[scarletky]

Your post is just too funny.. How many mugs have you broken? hahahahah

[Skyblue90210]

@pro3tlb and why would she do that to you?

[lacyannfranks]

@pro3tlb ha, you sound like my dad! during and after divorce he has mentioned this song to me so many times! thanks for bringing back a funny and loved memory! :o)

[beatlestoneful]

@pro3tlb lol!!!!!great!!!!funny!!!

[loganachilles1982]

Any man who's ever had a girlfriend, mistress, wife etc can all relate to this song.In fact you will eventually think this about all of them. In the beginning of the relationship you think they're angels but in the end you " thank god and greyhound they're gone". hahahhahah

[crowleysridgegirl]

@loganachilles1982 I had a couple of jerk MEN that come to mind myself.Same feeling at the end of it,too.Amazing.we really aren't all THAT different .

[emt2977]

Definately for Missi

[mawzaroo1]

My girlfriend doesn't know too much about Roy Clark so today when I was singing this song in the shower, she took it to heart and thought I was singing about her. It almost started a real fight until I had her listen to this video. Thank God You had it posted here. :-)

[loganachilles1982]

@mawzaroo1 hahahahhahaha that's funny shit !!!!!!!

[kestese]

When I out my ex-wife on a greyhound bus back home ( I know I should have sprung for Delta, but she is an EX) , I had to buy the song for my IPOD and play it as I left the station parking lot.

[hepseba]

When I was going through my divorce I often played this song ...It still gives me a powerful feeling ... Thanks for taking the time to post it....

[loganachilles1982]

@DDannyUSAF good one. I wish you luck. Get her on the bus quick !!!!!!!

[bc78260]

 What a classic. I have quietly hummed this to myself more then once, while trying very hard not to smile.....................

[Mr641workmaster]

i sent her on her way YES

[ToddInLN52254]

i think he told a comedy show story called "the great duck hunt". Does anyone know if it was him or a sound-alike? I have a copy on a recorded 8-track but it is not written on it who it was.

[AMASSEY1000]

wilburscott you rock - haven't heard this in years, but have always used the phrase - adjusting the she, he, they........ Thanks!!!!!!!

[mjr760]

AHHH HAHAHAHAH!!!!! Fucking awesome!

[QBCNetwork]

My favorite tune. The theme song for any overstayed guest (or pest in thic case).

Happy 77th birthday to you Roy!

[kolgy1]

I think of my ex ,Ms. Satan, every time I hear this song. It is a great one.

[welder541]

While visiting Branson awhile back on vacation, I was fortunate enough to sit in the Roy Clark celebrity theater and see this legendery man perform on stage. This was the first song that he sang after a little introduction at the beginning. I must say it, this was one of the best concerts LIVE i've ever been to IN MY LIFE!!! Thanks Mr Clark for a wonderful show!!! You're the greatest Roy:):):):)

[topmjr]

I dedicate this song to my first marriage.

[ihpullerman]

One of my favorites, thanks for posting, I have played it over and over...

[topmjr]

I first heard this song when my first wife filed for divorce. I dedicate this song to her.

[arkianabama]

Thanx for posting this song. It was written by my brother Larry Kingston who passed away unexpectedly a few years ago. Its great to see his music lives on and is still being enjoyed by the Country fans. (Ken)

[thumper549]

When a song says SO much in so few words , there is the genius of it !

How could anyone not like this song?

[drcrn1]

I'm going through a divorce soon and this will be my theme!

[drcrn1]

I'm going to go through a divorce soon and I love this and w

[mcfrdmn]

Lovely song

[imahaint]

As I was rolling out of the courthouse parking lot, seconds after my divorce, I popped this in the tape player full blast and rolled down the street. FREEDOM...and Roy sings it soooooooo well.

[fishluvr60]

Does anyone have a copy of the music video of this song? My grandfather played the bus driver in it!

[UglyJoe2007]

one of dads fav's 1926-1994 love ya dad

[DennyYou]

OH MY GAWD!!! I first heard this song by Roy over 30 years ago. And here I am today, laughing so hard I am crying! Thanks, Wilburscott, and I don't give a hoot about the pops and clicks. This is one of the funniest songs recorded. Ever.

Happy 2010!

[yzetta]

I haven't heard this song in years, but I loved it so much as a kid that "thank God and Greyhound _ gone" is a phrase I use to this day and I'm 46.

Just as a little inside joke, I dedicate this video to Metallica.

[TheJer1963]

@DennyYou This is great. I grew up with music like this. I still have my fathers 8 track. This song is for my ex-wife for sure.

[doughesson]

@DennyYou The pops and clicks are from when music was played on turntables and are part of the recording after you listen to it often enough.

[philgiesbrecht]

@DennyYou

You and me both! It's as good as it was well over 30 years ago! !

[creamofobia]

roy you hit the nail on the head!!!!

[johnwaughtel]

sent this to my ex fits it perfectly

[squidsquaw]

Classic Roy Clark...he can have you feeling a little sad one second and then smiling the next...I like this oldie but goodie...

[squidsquaw]

Classic Roy Clark...He can make you feel a little sad one second and have you laughing the next...I like this one...an oldie but goodie...lol

[squidsquaw]

Classic Roy Clark...He can have you feeling sad one minute and then laughing the next...I really like this one...makes one laugh...

[doughesson]

Vinyl clicks and pops?NOTHING to apologize for!

[SpeedyNeutrino43]

Why do I relate to closely to this song? Oh........I've been married before.

[pauldrake2511]

emt2977 roflmao! ya buddy i can relate to it too.

[emt2977]

I always did like this song. Even more so now that I can play it for my ex-wife

[Splash19939]

I went to a Roy Clark concert last weekend. What a great entertainer!!!He's as great as ever.

[dnwal3]

My favorite Roy Clark song of all time. He is definately the most UNDERated country artist and even more so, GUITAR player there is.

[alhoward1960]

Love this song. It really takes me back! Thanks for sharing.

[filthyunderpants]

Pops and clicks make classic country sound more authentic. It's even better of you can hear it on an AM radio.

[RentItUp]

LOVE it.

[09findhorn]

I remember this song from a long time ago. It's great to hear it again - I always thought it was hilarious! Does anyone have a live vid of it?

[TabbytownMomcat]

Adore Roy Clark, although this wouldn't be my pick of songs to listen to. He's one of the all time guitar greats.

[excursustoo]

Priceless!

[tackbag]

shem1945 -- ROFL!!!

[CarGuyZM10]

does anyone have him singing "The Lawrence Welk - Hee Haw Counter-Revolution Polka"?

[wilburscott]

I don't have that one, but I'd like to hear it again myself! Someone post it!

[oldecountry]

@wilburscott I just posted it

[handinside]

@wilburscott A great disc, Love to hear it,too!

[floridacracker42]

well , in some situationes "Thank God And Greyhound HE'S GONE"

[mincken63]

Hilarious, shem1945! Makes me think of my ex-wife. I'd like to put that bitch in front of the Grey-Hound.

[shem1945]

I love this song I used to play it as backgroung when my exwife would call

[autobotjazz1972]

great song nice video

[azmax64]

Oh yea, did you balance a quarter on the needle to play properly? :)

[azmax64]

Oh yea, this is one of my favs from Roy. Met him once in 83 or 84. Very impressive man! Thanks

[kcald1843]

I love the live version they used to play on XM 10 America before the merger. Roy is a great entertainer.

[Flamingredrose9]

Thanks for posting! I remember my mom saying that line when company would leave, it was years before I understood where she got the line and what it meant. Didnt know she was referring to a bus! LOL

[wilburscott]

I'm glad you like it :) Thanks!