I think this Nebraska era song is the flip side to Highway Patrolman, as told by the brothers perspective. Now of course, not everything matches up, but I think Bruce was trying to write these songs from two different sides. Lets look at the lyrics.
Losing Kind (LK) - My name is Frank Davis,
Highway Patrolman (HP) - I got a brother named Franky and Franky ain't no good
LK - It was around 3 A.M. we went out to this empty little roadside bar
It was there the cash register was open, it was there I hit that guy too hard
HP - There was trouble in a roadhouse out on the Michigan line
There was a kid lyin' on the floor lookin' bad bleedin' hard from his head there was a girl cryin' at a table and it was Frank, they said.
LK - Well we drove around in my Buick, gettin' drunk and havin' fun
HP - Seen a Buick with Ohio plates behind the wheel was Frank
LK - I seen some lights in my rearview mirror, I guess I panicked and I gave her a gun
HP - Well I chased him through them county roads till a sign said Canadian border five miles from here
Now of course the ending and some of the particulars are different, but the similarities make me think this was a writing twin to Highway Patrolman.
I think this Nebraska era song is the flip side to Highway Patrolman, as told by the brothers perspective. Now of course, not everything matches up, but I think Bruce was trying to write these songs from two different sides. Lets look at the lyrics.
Losing Kind (LK) - My name is Frank Davis, Highway Patrolman (HP) - I got a brother named Franky and Franky ain't no good
LK - It was around 3 A.M. we went out to this empty little roadside bar It was there the cash register was open, it was there I hit that guy too hard HP - There was trouble in a roadhouse out on the Michigan line There was a kid lyin' on the floor lookin' bad bleedin' hard from his head there was a girl cryin' at a table and it was Frank, they said.
LK - Well we drove around in my Buick, gettin' drunk and havin' fun HP - Seen a Buick with Ohio plates behind the wheel was Frank
LK - I seen some lights in my rearview mirror, I guess I panicked and I gave her a gun HP - Well I chased him through them county roads till a sign said Canadian border five miles from here
Now of course the ending and some of the particulars are different, but the similarities make me think this was a writing twin to Highway Patrolman.