Everything a Spokane Boy Could Need

By Ken Ainsworth

© 1981, Night Whale Productions

 

In 19 hundred and forty nine

Born to the Chrysler-Plymouth line

The post-war Detroit profit machine to feed

To them she was just some number they give 'em

But to me she was just like heaven

She was everything a Spokane boy could need

 

I came upon her in fifty-six

A Special-Delux Flathead Six

Moon caps and carpet on the floor

She was destined for instant fame

The Green Hornet was her name

With twenty-seven cent gas, who could ask for more?

 

Bridge:

 

She had a radio in front and a speaker in the back

So that tunes could fill the air.

She didn't go too fast and she was lousy on gas

But really, I didn't care

I started driving her in sixty-seven

Let me tell you now, I was in heaven

She was everything a Spokane boy could need

 

She went with me on all my dates

Sometimes We'd stay out too late

But tired as I was, she'd always bring me Home

She was my one reliable friend

But all good things must come to an end

When Uncle Sam called, I had to leave her alone

 

 

Bridge 2:

 

I left her to a man who didn't understand

That he had to treat her right

Before I'd done my hitch she left him in the ditch

In the middle of the night

In nineteen hundred and seventy one

She passed away - her race was run

But she was everything a Spokane boy could need.