Yes thank you I agree that is what waylaid means. The lyrics however, are “weighed” as in pulling into a weigh station you usually see along the highway closed for some reason.
We always sung it as waylaid. As in stopped by the PoPo. The song also speaks of transporting “smokes and folks”, so yeah, behave in a way that keeps one from ever talking to the authorities.
My grandma won’t drive on the interstate. These are the same.
Quite reasonable. “Driven the back roads so I wouldn’t get waylaid.”
Is it waylaid or weighed, as in driving over a scale at a inspection station?
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waylay
Yes thank you I agree that is what waylaid means. The lyrics however, are “weighed” as in pulling into a weigh station you usually see along the highway closed for some reason.
We always sung it as waylaid. As in stopped by the PoPo. The song also speaks of transporting “smokes and folks”, so yeah, behave in a way that keeps one from ever talking to the authorities.