Old Car Smell

[good4somethingbum]

Old Car SmellThough I love my ol’ ChevyIt seemed time for somethin’ newCos that kid ducked and ran, when my smoky sedanBackfired in the Burger King drive-thruSo I hit the auto-mallLookin’ for a deal that dayHopin’ on decent trade-in, for a car that was made inThe good old USAThe dealer made notes of the rust and dentsGot in and asked about the funny scentI said, “coon fur covers for my seatsGet kinda ripe in the August heatAnd I make burros of leftover hashKeep ‘em warm there on the dashAnd I shoulda cleaned the rabbit tail from the grillThe backseat still smells like the sweet shampoosMy first girlfriend Molly useta useGraduation Day ‘90 I got eggedHit a pole carryin’ a pony kegAnd the floorboards chugged the spillGuess that’s called old car smell”He offered two hundred in tradeAnd the choice was pretty hardKnew I was bein’ robbed, cos them new foreign jobsAll looked like Matchbox CarsI thought of what that Chevy meant to meRolled back in time with its memoryTo the tiny pine tree hangin’ from the mirrorTo make the scent of homegrown disappearHow I sprayed a whole can of Lysol insideWhen my old hound ate every biteOf the take-out bag I got at Taco BellThe backseat still smells like the sweet shampoosMy first girlfriend Molly useta useGraduation Day ‘90 I got eggedHit a pole carryin’ a pony kegAnd the floorboards chugged the spillGuess that’s called old car smellThen I told him my car was betterThan anything he had to sellThat dealer jumped n ducked, when it backfired n buckedAs I left with that sweet old car smellOld car smell…old car smell…©2007 Robert George

[anne]

I don't know how I feel about old bags of Taco bell, or what the dog smells like after eating it, but I had to smile all the while I was reading this post.

[good4somethingbum]

thanks Anne...I was hoping people would get a kick out of this.