Johnny's Camaro lyrics

Song information

Artist: David Wilcox
Album: East Asheville Hardware

Lyrics

From east asheville hardware
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This is the story she told..

"Can I have another quarter?" he said
"What?"
"Can I have another quarter?"
"Why?" she said
"Uh, I dropped it," he said
"Sure," she said, and she handed him another quarter
And he reached out of the window there, and dropped it in the toll basket
Up comes the gate, and out comes..

Johnny's camero, johnny's camero
Johnny loved his camero, maybe more than life itself

Oh it was no big deal, he was just taking her to the airport
It was autumn in new york city
There was a wind a lot like this
It was springtime however, in africa
She'd been saving up her money
She was going to go on one of these outward bound trips
So he was just giving her a ride to the airport
And around and around the airport they went
Through that parking garage, looking for a parking space
"There's one," she said
"No."
"There's one," she said
"No."
You see, actually it takes two parking spaces..

For johnny's camero, johnny's camero

He's a little nervous walking through the airport
He's always looking back over his shoulder
"You can go back if you want," she said
"No, no man, I'll stay."
And he did. he stayed until the plane took off
Then he ran back
But meanwhile, she was high up over the city
She was looking down
She was looking down at the lights of the buildings
She was looking down at the lights of the boats on the water
She was looking down at the lights
You could see them crossing the bridges
And through the little canyon streets
Little tiny, diamond toward you and ruby away
You know, those little tiny moving lights
And she knew that one of them was... well you know

Man, I've got to tell you about the adventure she had in africa
I think I should start with the silver bracelet
I think that's where it all turns around
She hadn't been on the trip long and one of the guides sort of
Took her under his wing
'Cause she was sort of startled easy
She was a little nervous about being out there
The first time she got sunburned through her hat
She realized she was a long way from being home
She had just left the group for a little while one day
She had just went to take a pee
She said "I'll be right back," but she didn't come back for awhile
And this guide, this african man went to look for her
"Laura! laura?"
He found her standing on the lowest branch of a fairly tall tree
Way off the ground."
"How you get up there?"
Well she had jumped
"Why?"
Well there was a hyena, and they had told her about hyenas
They have jaws that can crush bone
She wasn't in a really confident position anyway
And she just ran, and there was the branch
She jumped - one hand slipped, one hand held
She was not coming down
"He's gone."
So now she trusted him, and she swings back down
And both arms straight, hanging from that branch
Her feet are four feet off the ground
Man, she didn't know she could jump that high
Ah, but she does now

It was changes like that that made him give her that silver bracelet
It was the one that he'd always wear kind of between his elbow
And his shoulder, kind of wrapped tight around his arm
It was a beautiful silver bracelet, and he bent it down to fit around
Her muscle there and she smiled
So much so that it startled him
So much so that on the last day of that trip, when they were getting
Back on the bus to go to the small airport to go to the big airport
To go across the ocean to go back to... you know
When they were getting back on the bus and she leaned out the window
For that last little cheesecake snapshot
And as he looked through the camera, he had to slowly take the camera
Down, and turn his head to the side a little bit, look a little bit
Sad and say
"How you get up there?"

She was dreaming over the ocean
Dreaming of being home again
Dreaming over the ocean
Of what would never be the same

Well he wasn't at the gate when she got into the airport
He must have been looking for a parking space
So she just walked through the airport, you know
And it wasn't like before
Now the airport seemed kind of small
The airport seemed kind of stuffy, ceiling was a little bit low
And everyone was getting out of her way
I don't know - well, actually I do know
Maybe it was because it had been winter, you see
And she had just come back from summer
And she was just dressed normally. everyone else was bundled up
But she had on her hiking boots and shorts and tank top
Hair tied back, and a knife on her belt, and a big old silver bracelet
I think it was the silver bracelet
But everybody was getting out of her way
She didn't see him 'til the backpack comes rolling down the
Old baggage claim, and suddenly there's this arm
And this voice saying, "I'll get that."
And she says, "hey, that's my backpack, gimme it. where you parked?"
So he reluctantly gave her the backpack
And she swung it over her shoulder
And they went out and carefully nestled it in the trunk

And then, out of the parking garage and into the city
And she had to lean out the window
She pushed the button and made the window go down
And she leaned out a little bit to feel the wind in her hair
Man, this is the wild place to be
I mean, this is the place
She has to lean a little further out of the car just to
Just to see it all, just to look up at some of the buildings
As a matter of fact, she leaned a little farther back
So she could look back behind
And watch those big tires rolling on that pavement
And then suddenly the window came back up
And she comes back in, startled
And sure enough johnny's got his finger on the power..
...The power... the power window
And he's looking at her like
"Will you get your feet off the upholstery!"
The upholstery, the upholstery. she forgot. how could she forget?
Well, she'd been in africa, come on
She took her feet off the upholstery
As a matter of fact, she took her feet off the upholstery politely
As a matter of fact, she folded her hands in her lap
And she settled in for this ride
I saw just a glint of a smile as she turned her face to one side
Maybe to feel the plush upholstery brush against her cheek
Maybe to see the lights of the graphic equalizer on the stereo
Reflected in the side window
Maybe to watch that lone drop of water make its weary way across
That perfectly waxed surface
But I think it was just to enjoy this ride..
This ride..
This last ride..

In johnny's camero, johnny's camero

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