Look At All This Rollin' Stock

 

          LOOK AT ALL THIS ROLLIN’ STOCK, OUT HERE ON THE ROAD  --

            CARS MADE FOR PLEASURE, TRUCKS FOR THE HEAVY LOAD  --

            YA’GOTTA’ HAVE TRANSPORTATION, SOME WAY OF GETTING’ AROUND  --

            TO GET OUT TO THE JOB, OR MERELY TO RIDE AROUND TOWN.

           

            A LOTTA’ DIFFERENT JUNKHEAPS, ROLLIN DOWN THE OLE FREEWAYS  --

            WHATEVER DETROIT COMES UP WITH ,CAN START A BRAND NEW CRAZE  --

            THEY RUN ON DIESEL OR GAS,RECAPS OR RADIAL TIRES  --

            YA’ CAN MOTOR DOWN THE SLAB, ANYWAY YOUR HEART DESIRES.

 

            THEY COME WITH DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT,AUTOMATIC OR FOUR SPEED  --

            EVERYTHING YA’GOTTA’ HAVE, AND LOTSA’ JUNK YA’ REALLY DON’T NEED  --

            THEY COME WITH PLAIN OLE GLASS, OR WITH A TINTED WINDSHIELD  --

            MAKES NO DIFFERENCE WHATSOEVER, JUST SO THEY ROLL ON A WHEEL.

 

            YA’ CAN STOP ONE VERY QUICK, WITH AIR OR FRONT DISC BRAKES  --

            IN JUST A VERY SHORT DISTANCE, ON A DIME FOR GOODNESS SAKES  --

            ONCE YA’ COULD BUY ANY COLOR, SO LONG AS IT WAS BLACK  --

            NOW YA’ CAN ORDER A POLKA-DOT, AND WON’T GET ANY FLAK.

 

            THEY’LL GET YA’ WHERE YA’ WANNA’GO, AND DO IT IN A HURRY  --

            BE VERY,VERY CAREFUL THOUGH, OR IT’LL BE THE CEMETERY  --

            YOU MUST KEEP THEM CLEAN,DON’T WANT ANY GRIME OR DUST  --

            DON’T LET THIS THING GET DINGY, WITH SALT OR  A SPECK OF DUST.

 

            THE ONLY WAY TO A CARWASH, IS THRU A REAL LONG LINE  --

            THEY’RE GONNA’ GET THE DIRT OFF, MAKE THEM SPARKLE AND SHINE  --

            THE VERY LATEST ONES, COME WITH THAT FRONT WHEEL DRIVE  --

            THEY’RE MADE FOR RUGGED TERRAIN, AND THERE THEY COME ALIVE.

 

            THEY’LL FORD ANY CREEK BED, CLIMB A SLOPE OF MANY DEGREES  --

            THESE THINGS WILL GO ANYWHERE, EVEN UP A TREE  --

            NOW THE IN THING TO DO, IF YA’ OWN ONE OF THESE THINGS  --

            JACK UP FRONT AND REAR, ADD 88 LEAVES TO THE SPRINGS.

 

            DON’T FORGET THE WHEELS, THEY GOTTA’ BE CHROME AND WIDE  --

            ONLY THING STANDARD HERE, THERE’S ONLY TWO ON EACH SIDE  --

            UP YONDER ON THE BUMPER ,YA; GOTTA’ MOUNT A WINCH  --

            TO PULL YERSELF UP A CLIFF, OR MAYBE ACROSS A TRENCH.

           

           

            DON’T THINK I’LL GET ONE OF THOSE, THOUGH THEY’D BE LOTSA’ FUN  --

            THE REASON IS VERY SIMPLE, I’VE NO OBSTACLE COURSES TO RUN  --

            NOW WE GET TO THE VANS, SURE ARE PLUSH AND NICE  --

            YOU CAN HAVE ONE TOO, IF’N YA’ WANNA’ PAY THE PRICE.

           

            THEY COME IN ALL PRICE RANGES, ALL THE WAY TO FIFTY THOUSAND  --

            IF I HAD THAT TO INVEST, I’D DO IT IN SOME HOUSIN’  --

            PERHAPS WITH DONALD TRUMP, HE OF NEW YORK FAME  --

            HE LIKES THE TV CAMERAS, SO WE ALL CAN HEAR HIS NAME.

 

            BUT THAT’S BESIDE THE POINT, EACH TO THEIR BOWN LIKIN’  --

            YOU CAN HAVE YOUR VAN, I’M GOIN’ BACK TO BIKIN’  --

            THE PRICE OF GAS YA’KNOW, THEY SAY IT’S GOIN’ HIGHER  --

            GONNA TRADE MY JUNK-HEAP IN, AND GET ME A WESTERN FLYER.

 

M. L. WILKINSON