Ellis Paul - This Old Car Lyrics
This old car has seen the ages since the second of the world warsBought by a Jersey family on the cutting edge of poor.A ragged wife and weary children stricken with the choreOf a restless man of thirty-five who dreamed he lived for more.[Chorus]Im hating my surroundings and my soul Im sure is dead.I will die a hollow, bitter man with a gun against my head.I need some time to drive alone to feel the wind of the life Ive blown.I may be back, but dont expect that this car will find me home.After two thousand turns of the gauge, he hid his wedding bandAnd lost the keys in a musty room to lust and a womans hand.She stole off with her lover,He was a dressed-up blues-harp man.And they chased the road to Chicago for the bluesFrom any raging band.This old car has seen the ages since the second of the world wars.Its seen a man in his final stagesseen two lovers opening doors.But the doors jammed shut and struck up the bandWhen the blues man asked for more.The woman heard no harmony in the bluesOf old Chicago lore.[Repeat chorus]In a back field in a farmers lot, a boy-man finds the car.Bought for a song by his father, its been ten years off the tar.A motionless engine is a curseTo a boy with a ready heart.In a boxed-up town the dreams aboundBut never get their start.[Repeat chorus]
