that second hand junkyard heap was freedom with two bucket seats with two grand on the windshield in shoe polish i had a stash of summer cash from cleanin pools and cuttin grass i gave that man that coffee can and i bought it from the moment that i turned the key my right foot was heavy from a mile away folks could hear me leanin on the chevy slidin sideways through the town square peelin out bruce springsteen turned up too loud playin air guitar drummin on the dash only breakin for the badge had the man in blue burnin through tickets by the pound i ve paid for every red light in my hometown i still remember jessie lynn her sweet perfume and her poured in those faded jeans that always fit just right steamin windows up on the riverbank i had to get that v8 crank to have her on the front porch by midnight catchin air on railroad tracks detroit horses breathin peelin paint off city hall buster screamin slidin sideways through the town square peelin out lynyrd skynyrd turned up too loud playin air guitar drummin on the dash only breakin for the badge had the man in blue burnin through tickets by the pound i ve paid for every red light in my hometown i burned up a hundred tires turnin black top into gravel wore out my daddy s patience and the judges gavel slidin sideways through the town square peelin out i can t drive 55 turned up too loud playin air guitar drummin on the dash only breakin for the badge had the man in blue burnin through tickets by the pound