Paul’s Story Behind the Song ‘Fly Robin Fly’

Not sure why, but it seems to be disco week on the show. And this morning the Farmer asked for a song before first news. Sometimes I think he likes to put out the challenge to see how fast I can react. Well it just so happens, this morning I found his song - “Fly Robin Fly”. What I did not know was that the Farmer had a story to go along with the song. If you missed the story, here’s how it went.

It was the late 70s and Paul was headed off to college. In fact, I believe it was the first week of school and Paul and a few of his buddies were checking out downtown Columbus, Ohio.

As Paul told it, he and ten of his buddies climbed into a 74 Chrysler hard top and cruised to “downtown Columbus to see the city”. As they walked down 10^th Avenue they found themselves in front of the strip club. Being curious 18 year olds, in they went.

Paul says it was his one and only time in a strip club. The woman on stage was dancing to “Fly Robin Fly” and as the Farmer puts it, “was a huge disappointment”. Not sure what that means, but Paul did say that none of the women looked like Farr.

Who knew the Farmer once went to a strip club? Even after 26 years, we still have stories that surprise each other.