Tom Waits — The Pontiac

Well let's see We had the eh Fairlane Then the u-joints went out on that And the bushings And then your mother wanted To trade it in on the Toronado So we got the Toronado God I hated the color of that son of a bitch The dog destroyed the upholstery on the Ford Boy that was long before you were born We called it the yellowbird Two-door three on the tree Tight little mother Threw a rod Sold it to Jacobs for a hundred dollars Now the special eh, four-holer You've never seen body panels line up like that Overhead cam, dual exhaust You know I had Let's see I had Four Buicks, loved 'em all Now your Uncle Emmet Well he drives a Thunderbird It used to belong to your Aunt Evelyn Well she ruined it Drove it to Indiana With no gear oil That was the end of that Sold that Cadillac to your mom Your mom loved that Caddy Independent rear suspension Landau top Good tires Gas hog I swear it had the power to repair itself I loved the Olds Dan Steele used to give 'em to me at a discount Showroom models and that And then there was the Pontiac and God, I loved that Pontiac Well, it was kind of an oxblood god But it kinda handled so beautifully Yeah, I miss that car Well, that was a long time ago A long time ago