Studebaker

I left my home in Monterey

Just another no prospects man

Who'd rather work in the foundries

Than put fishes in a can

I'm twenty five but I have not traveled far

And I spend all my money on this misbegotten carI'm up against it all like a leaf against the wind

And the Studebaker keeps on breakin' down again

This Studebaker keeps on breakin' down againI thought I'd go to Fresno to see my friend

This damn Studebaker keeps on breaking down againI was speedin' south on 99

When the manifold started smokin'

I ran her off the shoulder

And now the axle's broken

Made a sound that cracked my heart in half

With less than half a half pint of vodka left