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Correct '63 Mercury Meteor Lyrics
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Jeff Black
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Correct '63 Mercury Meteor
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At first it's the wind blowing so cold The ice and the snow and the rain And it's strange this day I'm remembering now My little sister and I In a dream It's black and it's white by my memory's light With the snow and the dark bare trees Then after the front there is only the sound of The snow falling into the leaves I see the light in the barn We were trying to stay warm I see my daddy popping open the hood He primed her well And layed his hand on my head And said let's see if that'll do any good He pumped on the gas turning the key The cylinders jumped and she groaned Then that 63 mercury meteor Turned over and she was ready to roll Over the moon And down through the town The sound of a happy machine The windshield wipers bending the light Cold coming in through the wing Riding with daddy Just my sister and me Driving that old meteor home It was like we were flying A spaceship mama Spinning around the sun We turned the radio on to the static and sound Of the road rolling under the wheel Daddy said I tell you folks something right now She's a fine little automobile Like a day you want to last forever I kept wishing it would never end The smell of the dust and rain in our clothes Is like a letter that I'll never send Daddy pulled in to the truck stop The place sounded like a pinball machine Smelled of diesel and tobacco Oil and smoke, coffee and gasoline He fixed a rusty leak in the gas tank With a rag and an old bar of soap Then he bought us a bottle Of soda pop for breakfast Little drifters on a gypsy road See grandma was gone, she followed her song we were trying to take care of her things Reaping and sowing the timeline down Me and sister we were coming of age The clock was really running The big world was turning And we didn't like the compromise But there's nothing you can do You got to keep on moving I could see that in my Daddy's eyes If my daddy was sad or scared or cross He tried to set the burden aside As we got a little closer to getting back home I started feeling like I wanted to cry It's black and it's white by my memory's light With the cold and the dark bare trees Then after the front there is only the sound of The snow falling into the leaves (additional verses) I remember sneaking the keys out Pretending I was back on the road Sitting there running the battery down Listening to the radio I come home from school one day And my mercury was long gone Daddy sold it off to a skinny little man I think he played the saxophone Someone said they see it roll through town Once in a while to reveal Like my daddy said folks I can tell you right know She's a fine little automobile But I wouldn't ever trade the memory we made For the car, the title, the key For flying in a mercury meteor My daddy and my sister and me
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