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Tom Waits
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[Spoken Word]
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Well, let's see we had the Fairlane
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And then the u-joints went out on that
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And the bushings, then your Mother
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Wanted to trade it in on the Tornado, so
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We got the Tornado -- god I hated
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The color of that sonufa bitch, and the dog
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Destroyed the upholstery in the Ford, boy,
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That was long before you were born. We
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Called it the Yellow Bird -- two-door, three on the tree
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Tight little mother threw a rod
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Sold it to Jacobs for a hundred dollars
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Now the special four holer you've never
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Seen body panels line up like that
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Overhead cam dual exhaust, hell I had, see"¦ I had
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Four Buicks -- loved em all. Now your Uncle Emmett
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Well he drives the Thunderbird now, it used to
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Belong to your Aunt Evelyn -- she ruined
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It -- drove it to Indiana with no gear oil
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That was the end of that! Sold that Cadillac
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To your Mom, your Mom loved that Caddy
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Independent rear suspension landau top
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Good tires, gas hog. Swear it had the
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Power to repair itself.
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I love the Olds, Dan Steel used to
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Give em to me at a discount "“ show
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Room models then there was the Pontiac
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God I loved that Pontiac, well it was kind
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Of an oxblood god but it handled so
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Beautifully. Yeah I miss that car
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That was a long time ago.
Tom Waits - "God's Away On Business"
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