I WAS JUST OUT OF
THE SERVICE
THUMBIN' THROUGH
THE CLASSIFIEDS
WHEN AN AD
THAT SAID OLD CHEVY
SOMEHOW CAUGHT
MY EYE
THE LADY
DIDN'T KNOW THE YEAR
OR EVEN IF IT RAN
BUT I HAD THAT
THOUSAND DOLLARS
IN MY HAND
IT WAS WAY BACK
IN THE CORNER
OF THIS OLD RAM
SHACKLED BARN
WITH THIRTY YEARS
OF DUST AND DIRT
ON THAT GREEN
ARMY TARP
AND WHEN I PULLED
THE COVER OFF
IT TOOK AWAY
MY BREATH
'A WHAT SHE CALLED
A CHEVY
WAS A SIXTY-SIX
CORVETTE
AND I FELT
A LITTLE GUILTY
AS I COUNTED OUT
THE BILLS
BUT WHAT A THRILL
I GOT
WHEN I SAT BEHIND
THE WHEEL
I OPENED UP
THE GLOVE BOX
AND THAT'S WHEN
I FOUND THE NOTE
THE DATE WAS
NINETEEN SIXTY-SIX
AND THIS IS WHAT
HE WROTE
HE SAID MY NAME IS
PRIVATE ANDREW MALONE
AND IF YOU'RE
READIN' THIS
THEN I DIDN'T
MAKE IT HOME
BUT FOR EVERY DREAM
THAT'S SHATTERED
ANOTHER ONE
COMES TRUE
THIS CAR WAS ONCE
A DREAM OF MINE
NOW IT BELONGS
TO YOU
AND THOUGH YOU MAY
TAKE HER
AND MAKE HER
YOUR OWN
YOU'LL ALWAYS BE
RIDING
WITH PRIVATE MALONE
WELL IT DIDN'T TAKE ME
LONG AT ALL
I HAD HER RUNNIN'
GOOD
I LOVED TO HEAR
THOSE HORSES
THUNDER
UNDERNEATH
HER HOOD
I HAD HER SHININ'
LIKE A DIAMOND
AND I'D PUT
THE RAGTOP DOWN
ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS
WOULD STOP AND STARE
AS I DROVE HER
THROUGH TOWN
THE BUTTONS
ON THE RADIO
DIDN'T SEEM TO WORK
QUITE RIGHT
BUT IT PICKED UP THAT
OLDIES SHOW
ESPECIALLY
LATE AT NIGHT
I'D GET THE FEELIN'
SOMETIMES
IF I TURNED REAL QUICK
I'D SEE
A SOLDIER RIDIN'
SHOTGUN IN THE SEAT
RIGHT NEXT TO ME
IT WAS A YOUNG MAN
NAMED PRIVATE
ANDREW MALONE
WHO FOUGHT FOR HIS
COUNTRY AND NEVER
MADE IT HOME
BUT FOR EVERY DREAM
THAT'S SHATTERED
ANOTHER ONE
COMES TRUE
THIS CAR WAS ONCE
A DREAM OF HIS
BACK WHEN IT WAS NEW
AND HE TOLD ME
TO TAKE HER
AND MAKE HER
MY OWN
AND I WAS PROUD
TO BE RIDING
WITH PRIVATE MALONE
BUT ONE NIGHT
IT WAS RAINING HARD
I TOOK THE CURVE
TOO FAST
I STILL DON'T
REMEMBER MUCH
ABOUT
THAT FIERY CRASH
BUT SOMEONE SAID
THEY THOUGHT
THEY SAW A SOLDIER
PULL ME OUT
THEY DIDN'T
GET HIS NAME
BUT I KNOW
WITHOUT A DOUBT
IT WAS A YOUNG MAN
NAMED PRIVATE
ANDREW MALONE
WHO FOUGHT
FOR HIS COUNTRY
AND NEVER MADE IT HOME
BUT FOR EVERY DREAM
THAT'S SHATTERED
ANOTHER ONE
COMES TRUE
THIS CAR WAS ONCE
A DREAM OF HIS
BACK WHEN IT WAS NEW
AND I KNOW
I WOULDN'T BE HERE
IF HE HADN'T TAGGED
ALONG
OH THANK GOD
I WAS RIDING
WITH PRIVATE MALONE