WELL IF YOU'RE ONE
OF THE MILLIONS
WHO OWN ONE OF
THEM GAS DRINKIN'
PISTON CLANKIN'
AIR POLLUTIN'
SMOKE BELCHIN'
FOUR-WHEELED BUGGIES
FROM DETROIT CITY
THEN PAY ATTENTION
I'M ABOUT TO SING
YOUR SONG SON
4 BAR
BREAK
WELL NOW I'M NOT
A MAN TO POINT
AND JUDGE
TO BEAR ILL WILL OR
TO HOLD A GRUDGE
BUT I THINK IT'S
TIME I SAID ME A
FEW CHOICE WORDS
ALL ABOUT THAT DEMON
AUTOMOBILE
THE METAL MONSTER
WITH THE POLYGLASS
WHEELS
THE END RESULT OF
THE DREAM OF
HENRY FORD
WELL NOW I'VE GOT
A CAR THAT'S MINE
ALONE THAT ME AND
THE FINANCE COMPANY
OWN A READY-MADE PILE
OF MANUFACTURED GRIEF
AND IF I AIN'T
OUT OF GAS
IN THE POURIN' RAIN
I'M 'A CHANGIN'
A FLAT IN
A HURRICANE
I ONCE SPENT
THREE DAYS LOST
ON A CLOVER LEAF
WELL IT AIN'T JUST
THE SMOKE AND
THE TRAFFIC JAM
THAT MAKES ME
THE BITTER FOOL I AM
BUT THIS FOUR-WHEEL
BUGGY IS
'A DOLLARIN' ME
TO DEATH
FOR GAS AND OILS
AND FLUIDS AND GREASE
AND WIRES AND TIRES
AND ANTI FREEZE
AND THEM ACCESSORIES
WELL HONEY THAT'S
SOMETHIN' ELSE
WELL YOU CAN GET
STEREO TAPE AND
A COLOR T.V.
GET A BACK SEAT
BAR AND RECLINING
SEATS
AND JUST
PAY ONCE A MONTH
LIKE YOU DO YOUR RENT
WELL I FIGURED IT UP
AND OVER
A PERIOD OF TIME
THIS FOUR THOUSAND
DOLLAR CAR OF MINE
COST FOURTEEN
THOUSAND DOLLARS
AND NINETY-NINE CENTS
WELL NOW LORD
MISTER FORD
I JUST WISH
THAT YOU COULD SEE
WHAT YOUR SIMPLE
HORSELESS CARRIAGE
HAS BECOME
WELL IT SEEMS
YOUR CONTRIBUTION
TO MAN
TO SAY THE LEAST
GOT A LITTLE
OUT OF HAND
WELL LORD MISTER FORD
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE
4 BAR
BREAK
NOW THE AVERAGE
AMERICAN FATHER
AND MOTHER
OWN ONE WHOLE CAR
AND A HALF ANOTHER
AND I BET THAT HALF
A CAR IS A TRICK
TO DRIVE
DON'T YOU
BUT THE THING
THAT AMAZES ME
I GUESS
IS THE WAY WE MEASURE
A MAN'S SUCCESS
BY THE KIND OF
AN AUTOMOBILE
HE CAN AFFORD
TO BUY
WELL NOW RED LIGHT
GREEN LIGHT
TRAFFIC COP
RIGHT TURN
NO TURN
MUST TURN STOP
GET OUT
THE CREDIT CARD
HONEY
WE'RE OUT OF GAS
WELL NOW
ALL THE CARS
PLACED
END TO END
WOULD REACH TO
THE MOON AND
BACK AGAIN
AND THERE'D PROBABLY
BE SOME POOR
FOOL PULL OUT
TO PASS AND
WELL NOW HOW I YEARN
FOR THE GOOD OLD DAYS
WITHOUT THAT CARBON
DIOXIDE HAZE
'A HANGIN' OVER
THE ROAR OF
THE INTERSTATE
WELL IF THE LORD
THAT MADE THE
MOON AND STARS
WOULD HAVE
MEANT FOR ME
AND YOU TO HAVE CARS
HE'D 'A SEEN THAT
WE WAS ALL BORN
WITH A PARKIN' SPACE
LORD MISTER FORD
I JUST WISH
THAT YOU COULD SEE
WHAT YOUR SIMPLE
HORSELESS CARRIAGE
HAS BECOME
WELL IT SEEMS
YOUR CONTRIBUTION
TO MAN
TO SAY THE LEAST
GOT A LITTLE
OUT OF HAND
WELL LORD MISTER FORD
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE
COME AWAY
WITH ME LUCILLE
IN MY SMOKIN' CHOKIN'
AUTOMOBILE