(Oh no, stay, stop rolling, STOP!) (HEY! WHOSE CART IS AIMED AT MY BRAND-NEW CHROME BUMPER?!) (I'M TRYING! MY FLIP-FLOP BROKE!) I was loading up the groceries in the back of my sedan Had a gallon of whole milk and a heavy frying pan I let go of the metal handle just for half a tick That tilted parking lot began to pull a dirty trick Rolling straight for trouble with a rusty little chain Picking up momentum heading down the center lane (I just got this pickup detailed thirty minutes back) (If that basket leaves a scratch, you're gonna catch a heart attack!) (I'm running on the asphalt barefoot on one heel!) (You better dive across the lane and grab that rolling wheel!) The wheels are rattling faster down the yellow painted line Nobody in this county gonna make it out in time Loose cart, rolling on the loose (On the loose) No way to stop it and there ain't no excuse (No excuse) Loose cart, heading for the chrome (For the chrome) Twenty feet to impact, diving on the tar (On the tar) Trying not to wreck another stranger's car (Stranger's car) I threw my second slipper and I hit a double stride My groceries are sitting with the trunk door open wide The woman in the pickup kicked her driver door in gear Stepped out in leather boots and made her intentions clear (I got a trailer hitch of iron and a front grille made of steel) (If that cart hits my fender, mister, this will get real!) (I got it, two inches from the paint) (Good catch, son. Don't let it happen again) Loose cart, rolling on the loose (On the loose) No way to stop it and there ain't no excuse (No excuse) Loose cart, heading for the chrome (For the chrome) Twenty feet to impact, diving on the tar (On the tar) Trying not to wreck another stranger's car (Stranger's car) (You alright down there on the asphalt, runner?) (Just scraped my elbow, and lost my dignity) (Put the cart in the return corral.) Loose cart, rolling on the loose (On the loose) No way to stop it and there ain't no excuse (No excuse) Loose cart, heading for the chrome (For the chrome) Twenty feet to impact, diving on the tar (On the tar) Trying not to wreck another stranger's car (Stranger's car) Walked the basket to the rack and put it in the slot Never letting go of carts across a parking lot (Take care of your slippers, mister!) (Buying sneakers tomorrow...) (Loose cart, yeah) (Lock the wheel)
