Old Blue was a Good Car

from Deep in the Pocket, Still No Change by The Benton Roark Band

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Well Old Blue was a good car, she took it nice and slow
She most agreed with anywhere that I’d suggest we go
Out upon the highway, sailing like a dream
All that honking at her, but my Blue was true to me

Chorus:
Blue, I’ll remember you
When I’m riding in my limousine on Broadway
They put you in the junkyard, but don’t you cry for shame
‘Cause there ain’t no set of wheels that could ever live up to your name

Yeah, she was better to me any person’s ever been
She ran on dreams and gasoline, and she didn’t drink my gin
Blue was always game when it was time to go to town
And she’d always take the wheel when the police pulled us down

Chorus

It used to be for Old Blue that no mountain was too steep
No road was ever to long, no ocean was too deep
When she got old I could not bear to see her turn to rust
So I gassed up her and made a sign: “Anywhere or bust!”

It was in the front seat where I held my mama’s hand
And it was in the back seat where I became a man
They put you in the junkyard, but don’t you cry for shame
‘Cause we’re headed off to Texas to the Motor Hall of Fame
Come on girl, we’re headed for the big time!

Well I drove her through the desert, I drove her through the snow
I drove her into outer space and on to Idaho
And it was on some dusty mountain road, my darling met her match
So I sold her parts and shed a tear, and bought a Cadillac

Chorus

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from Deep in the Pocket, Still No Change, released December 1, 2016

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