Lincoln Continental

[Verse 1]
When I was a child, my mother said to me
You can’t spend all your days alone
In the shade of a cherry tree
My brother cut the roof off a Lincoln
’cause a doctor said lose some weight
And the tape of Buck Owens, our hair was blowing
As we drove from the Garden State
To the lights of the Golden Gate

[Pre-Chorus]
I’ve been missing you, so listen
I’d like to ask you could you drive to town?
And I’ve been thinking about your Lincoln
Continental with the sun roof down

[Verse 2]
When the kid came down from Lennox
Yeah yawning was the talk of the town
A real high roller, a self promoter
Said his band was the best around
He said, “I got a little money from performing
I bought a brand new suit and hat.”
I said, “Performing what?” He said, “Classic stuff
Ricky Hayes and Virginia scat.”
I said, “Who the hell is that?”

[Pre-Chorus]
But I can play a little old time fiddle
We can start a little country band
And I was thinking, in your Lincoln
We can bum around the Promised Land

[Chorus]
And the world will open up for us
At least that’s what I hope it does

[Verse 3]
Probation officer John Collins
Was a paranoid psychopath
He had me painting the fence by the roller rink
For the Committee of Industrial Trash
“You can’t find the business end of a rifle
You’re the devil from an Irish saint.”
I said I got no cares in those affairs
What I was, what I am or ain’t
I got a lot of fence to paint

[Pre-Chorus]
I got no loving, all because I’m
Kinda infamous for crossing lines
It got me thinking, even Lincoln
Must have felt a little lost sometimes

[Chorus]
And the world will open up for us
At least that’s what I hope it does