Jeff Black - '63 Mercury Meteor Lyrics
At first it's the wind blowing so coldThe ice and the snow and the rainAnd it's strange this day I'm remembering nowMy little sister and I In a dreamIt's black and it's white by my memory's lightWith the snow and the dark bare treesThen after the front there is only the sound ofThe snow falling into the leavesI see the light in the barnWe were trying to stay warmI see my daddy popping open the hoodHe primed her wellAnd layed his hand on my headAnd said let's see if that'll do any goodHe pumped on the gas turning the keyThe cylinders jumped and she groanedThen that 63 mercury meteorTurned over and she was ready to rollOver the moonAnd down through the townThe sound of a happy machineThe windshield wipers bending the lightCold coming in through the wingRiding with daddyJust my sister and meDriving that old meteor homeIt was like we were flyingA spaceship mamaSpinning around the sunWe turned the radio on to the static and soundOf the road rolling under the wheelDaddy said I tell you folks something right nowShe's a fine little automobileLike a day you want to last foreverI kept wishing it would never endThe smell of the dust and rain in our clothesIs like a letter that I'll never sendDaddy pulled in to the truck stopThe place sounded like a pinball machineSmelled of diesel and tobaccoOil and smoke, coffee and gasolineHe fixed a rusty leak in the gas tankWith a rag and an old bar of soapThen he bought us a bottleOf soda pop for breakfastLittle drifters on a gypsy roadSee grandma was gone, she followed her songv we were trying to take care of her thingsReaping and sowing the timeline downMe and sister we were coming of ageThe clock was really runningThe big world was turningAnd we didn't like the compromiseBut there's nothing you can doYou got to keep on movingI could see that in my Daddy's eyesIf my daddy was sad or scared or crossHe tried to set the burden asideAs we got a little closer to getting back homeI started feeling like I wanted to cryIt's black and it's white by my memory's lightWith the cold and the dark bare treesThen after the front there is only the sound ofThe snow falling into the leaves(additional verses)I remember sneaking the keys outPretending I was back on the roadSitting there running the battery downListening to the radioI come home from school one dayAnd my mercury was long goneDaddy sold it off to a skinny little manI think he played the saxophoneSomeone said they see it roll through townOnce in a while to revealLike my daddy said folks I can tell you right knowShe's a fine little automobileBut I wouldn't ever trade the memory we madeFor the car, the title, the keyFor flying in a mercury meteorMy daddy and my sister and me
