Leaving Souvenirs - Chris Knight

I had a '69 Impala

I bought it from my Dad

I gave him three hundred dollars

It gave me all it had

All after all that old car went through

You’d think I’d still have you

It always bought us home alright

It knew every curve in the road

It gave us shelter from the night

When we had no gas to go

We always found plenty to do

When you loved me and I loved you

The other day I seen that car

In a heap of rust by the old man’s barn

I hadn’t thought of it in years

But you still cross my mind

And all that we left behind

And we were leaving souvenirs

Now the car won’t start

And I had to pry the door

Among the salvage parts

Up on the dashboard

There was a red ribbon on your hair

And I remember the night that you put it there

The other day I seen that car

In a heap of rust by the old man’s barn

I hadn’t thought of it in years

But you still cross my mind

And all that we left behind

And we were leaving souvenirs

When we were leaving souvenirs