Mark Knopfler - The Car Was The One

the car was the one

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in summer ’63 i was staying alive
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hanging at the races , hoping to drive
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when they were done with the weekend and loading the cars
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i couldn’t get a pass so i went to the bar

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i’m up in the corner nursing a beer
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who should come laughing and joking in here
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but bobby brown , the winner of the sports car race
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with some friends and a girl , man , she lit up the place

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bobby was a wild boy – one summer
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he knocked down a motel wall with a hammer
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he’d do anything – one night for a bet
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he raced through the cornfields in a corvette

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i thought it’s got to be a thrill to be like that
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with the beautiful girl and be king of the track
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but the truth is when all was said and done
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it was his cobra i wanted – the car was the one
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it was his cobra i wanted – the car was the one
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the car was the one
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the car was the one

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