{"id":953,"date":"2026-07-01T00:33:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T00:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/?p=953"},"modified":"2026-07-01T04:03:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T04:03:33","slug":"the-devil-of-level-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/01\/the-devil-of-level-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"The Devil of Level Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DEVIL_OF_LEVEL_CROSS-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-783\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DEVIL_OF_LEVEL_CROSS-scaled.jpg 2560w, http:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DEVIL_OF_LEVEL_CROSS-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DEVIL_OF_LEVEL_CROSS-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DEVIL_OF_LEVEL_CROSS-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DEVIL_OF_LEVEL_CROSS-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DEVIL_OF_LEVEL_CROSS-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DEVIL_OF_LEVEL_CROSS-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/03_The_Devil_of_Level_Cross.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Devil of Level Cross<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">The Devil of Level Cross<br>rode into Georgia like a boss<br>to a county you ought to know.<br>He was lookin&#8217; for two boys<br>in a bright orange car<br>who were musclin&#8217; in on Thunder Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Now the Good Lord looks away<br>when these &#8216;shiners go to war.<br>Dukes in a heap of trouble<br>Richard&#8217;s come to settle score.<br>He might want to let them go,<br>he doesn&#8217;t get real mad.<br>But you&#8217;ve got to drive hard<br>when Lee Petty is your dad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">The boys were easy to find.<br>They didn&#8217;t know they had to hide.<br>The King idled on up,<br>invited them for a drive<br>down a long country road<br>and loaded with &#8216;shine.<br>If they could beat him without losing any<br>they&#8217;d get an engine made of gold.<br>But if they couldn&#8217;t,<br>Maurice would take their souls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">You could call this episode<br>&#8220;Uncle Jessie&#8217;s Big Mistake.&#8221;<br>The Duke Boys tried real hard<br>but they couldn&#8217;t pull away.<br>You can&#8217;t beat the Pettys<br>with an engine that they made.<br>And when Cooter installed it<br>he should have taken off the restrictor plate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Pretty car, pretty boys but neither so fast.<br>Soon it was clear that the chase wouldn&#8217;t last.<br>The blonde tried to jump but Maurice didn&#8217;t care.<br>He shot the General&#8217;s tires out while it was in the air.<br>Maurice got their balls and Richard got the bat.<br>Tires weren&#8217;t going to be the only things flat.<br>When a Jeep with long legs drove by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">The Pettys liked what they saw<br>so the Duke boys didn&#8217;t have to die,<br>if cousin Daisy would only switch sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">And she did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Cousins can only go so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">More Pettys on the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">The Petty family will live <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">forever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Devil of Level Cross The Devil of Level Crossrode into Georgia like a bossto a county you ought to know.He was lookin&#8217; for two boysin a bright orange carwho were musclin&#8217; in on Thunder Road. 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