Used Cars - Ray Stevens

They’re the curse of the common man

Used cars (used cars), used cars (used cars)

For rich folks just don’t understand

What it means to drive a junker, a jalopy, a bomb

Folks in new Mercedes don’t know where they’re comin' from

Used cars (used cars), used cars (used cars)

Yeah they’re the curse of the common man

Now you’ve seen those cars on people’s lawns

On concrete blocks with their fenders gone

Disgustin', rustin' testimony

To the money that folks have blown

On parts and labor and hoses and belts

Don’t judge them friends, they need our help

'Cause thanks to that car

Their money and their minds are gone

Now when I go buy a used car

I’ll immediately put it on blocks in the yard

And don’t ever drive it anywhere

And save all that money on repairs…

Used cars (used cars), used cars (used cars)

They’re the curse of the common man

Well, I once had this 1963 two-tone troublemaker sedan

I mean she was Freddy Kruger, Jason and the Swamp Thing

All rolled into one

She was a nightmare on any street, friends

Had her towed to a used car lot

I said «Buddy, what’s she worth?»

He said «Well, that all depends, Slick»

I said «Depends on what?»

Said «On how much gas she has in the tank…»

Used cars (used cars), used cars (used cars)

They’re the curse of the common man

Now some of you folks just sit there and stare

Well I guess I’m not talkin' to everybody out there

Not everybody spent their whole life drivin' junk

No, some folks just drive cars that are new

Well God bless ya, friends, I’m not talkin' to you

No, I’m talkin' to the people with jumper cables in their trunk!

'Cause we know what it means when it snows

To be somewhere with their fingers froze

Tryin' not to touch that ol' red cable

To that minus electrode…

Used cars (used cars), used cars (used cars)

They’re the curse of the common man

Yeah those folks in Mercedes

Might not know where they’re comin' from

But they sure know where we’re goin'

All they gotta do is follow that cloud of smoke

Or that stream of transmission fluid

Why, chances are 50:50 we’re on our way to

Or comin' from a repair shop!

Used cars (used cars), used cars (used cars)

They’re the curse of the common man

You sorry, no-good…