The Last Chance Texaco - Rickie Lee Jones

A long stretch of headlights

Bends into I-9

Tiptoe into truck stops

And sleepy diesel eyes

Volcanoes rumble in the taxi

And glow in the dark

Camels in the driver’s seat

A slow, easy mark

But you ran out of gas

Down the road a piece

Then the battery went dead

And now the cable won’t reach…

It’s your last chance

To check under the hood

Last chance

She ain’t soundin' too good

Your last chance

To trust the man with the star

You’ve found the last chance Texaco

Well, he tried to be Standard

He tries to be Mobil

He tried living in a world

And in a shell

There was this block-busted blonde

He loved her — free parts and labor

But she broke down and died

And threw all the rods he gave her

But this one ain’t fuel-injected

Her plug’s disconnected

She gets scared and she stalls

She just needs a man, that’s all

It’s her last chance

Her timing’s all wrong

Her last chance

She can’t idle this long

Her last chance

Turn her over and go

Pullin' out of the last chance Texaco

The last chance