Broken Down Car

Broken Down Car

By Paul McCann

Driving my car, enjoying the ride ,

came to a stop , pulled to the side

pushing it up hill in the transit lane ,

looked at the sky as it started to rain

have mercy Lord I’m stuck on my own ,

here in a broken down car a long long way from home

A broken down car won’t get you far ,

a mean machine is a broken down car ,

you know what I mean,

you won’t get very far in a broken down car

In the peak hour flow in a broken down car ,

I pushed on regardless but I didn’t get far .

Its hard when you’re lost

and you’ve no idea where you are

You can scream all you like but it won’t get you far  ,

the moon came out and I wished on a shooting star  ,

tow trucks passed me doing 100 miles an hour

A broken down car won’t get you far ,

a mean machine is a broken down car ,

you know what I mean,

you won’t get very far in a broken down car .

I pushed all day and I broke my backbone ,

on the shoulder of the road a long way from home,

I can’t get to sleep and I don’t have a mobile phone

In a broken down car in the middle of the night

.things will look different in the morning light

and my broken down car will somehow be all right

A broken down car won’t get you far ,

a mean machine is a broken down car ,

you know what I mean,

you won’t get very far in a broken down car