John Prine — Automobile

February morning My car won't start today I turned the key at 8:03 And the battery passed away Inside of my automobile I want my automobile I want my automobile I want to drive it all around this world Bride's gettin' married in the Springtime Widow's gettin married in the Fall I got married in high school Or I wouldn't of got married at all I'd be drivin' my automobile Be drivin' my automobile Be drivin' my automobile I wanna drive it all around this world Everybody said to the new groom "Groom, what ya gonna be?" I said I'm gonna be a symphony Just as soon as I find a key To my automobile I want my automobile I want my automobile All around this world [Spoken:] Let's take a ride Columbus sailed the ocean Moses parted the sea Dolores left me yesterday Well, I think she took the key To my automobile I want my automobile I want my automobile Wanna drive it all around this world Now I held a little bitty baby I held a woman all night Whenever I get the hiccups I hold my breath 'til my head gets light Then I drive my automobile Yeah I drive my automobile I drive my automobile I want to drive it all around this world February morning My car won't start today Yeah, I turned the key at 8:03 And the battery passed away Inside of my automobile I'm drivin' my automobile Wanna drive my automobile Wanna drive it all around this world Go on [Spoken:] It is a beautiful day for a ride Hey, get your head down, I can't see anything Someone give me a cigarette I don't want to take my hands off the wheel We ought to take the air filter off this sucker So we can see what it will really do Uh oh, it looks to me like a HOS-PITAL Zone Everybody get quiet, shhhhhhhh Don't wake the dead up We're almost there, hang on Uh oh here we go Well, you can just hold it until we get to the next town