Song title: Chevrolet deluxe
Chevrolet deluxe - Version 1
I had a wife and kid, and I tried to settle down
I just wanted to live an honest life on the edge of an honest town
But in the end they left me danglin' danglin' in the night
And I went crazy tryin', tryin' to walk that thin line
Oh Chevrolet Deluxe, I bought you with all your accessories
Oh Chevrolet Deluxe, I bought you with all your accessories
But Mister, I can't keep my payments up
I lie awake at night and I wonder if I'm tough enough
To win back the hand of Chevrolet Deluxe Notes:
Recorded by Bruce alone in Colt's Neck, 1979
Chevrolet deluxe - Version 2
They shut the power off down at the mill, and count the third time
And these days when you ride down Main Street
It's just whitewashed windows and vacancy signs[1]
Did you ever think in the end your kids you would never believe
That if you wouldn't leave this old town, that it would leave me
My brothers down in Fort Bragg, been there for half a year
Man he just got into into much trouble around here
???
??? walk that line
Chevrolet Deluxe, I bought her with all the accessories
But Mister, I can't keep those payments up
Chevrolet Deluxe, I lost my heart, I lost my guts… Notes:
[1] These verses will reappear 5 years later in My hometown
Chevrolet deluxe - Version 3
I saw her when I was 17 down at Hansen's Chevrolet
I made up my mind to get her anyhow, anyway
I spent that summer I worked till I had enough
I layed it down and I bought that Chevrolet Deluxe
Yeah we rode her into the summer and ???
We rode her when they shut the power off at the mill
We drove her down to ??? the unemployment line
Around the streets ???
Chevrolet Deluxe, I bought her with all the accessories
But Mister, I can't keep my payments up
Chevrolet deluxe - Version 4
I saw her when I was 17 down at Hansen's Chevrolet
I made up my mind to get her any how, any way
So that whole summer I worked until I had enough
And I put my money down, Chevrolet Deluxe
We drove her into the summer when there was nothing else to do
We rode her when the men came and shut that power down
We drove her down to Bond Street to the unemployment line
We rode her on Main Street ??? and vacancy signs
Oh Chevrolet Deluxe, I bought her with all the accessories
But Mister, I can't keep my payments up
Chevrolet Deluxe, I lost my heart, she too my guts
Chevrolet deluxe - Version 5
It don't matter what you want, it don't matter what you say
Are you tough enough not to play the way they play [1]
To play the way they play
??? and if you're tough enough
And if you're tough enough to play
Oh Chevrolet Deluxe, I bought her with all the accessories
But Mister, I can't keep my payments up
Chevrolet Deluxe, I lost my heart, I lost my guts Notes:
[1] These verses recall Jackson cage
Chevrolet deluxe - Version 6
She was sittin' down at Highway Chevrolet out on Route 3
She was looking like she was waitin' just for me
I worked all summer long and I saved my money up
And I went down and I put that money down
In the fall, Billy quit school and ???
I drove him down, rode together down to Fort Bragg
In the years that he was gone ???
??? in the refinery ??? got along
Oh Chevrolet Deluxe, I bought her with all the accessories
???
Another year end gone, and Billy he came home
??? to do
???
??? settle down
But it was like all of a sudden there was a curse
Things got bad and then they got worse
Hmmm....went the power there down the mill
Hmmm...the thrill when they shut the power down at the mill
We rode ???
Oh Chevrolet Deluxe, I bought her with all the accessories
But I can't keep those payments up
Chevrolet Deluxe
???
??? you were so clear to see
Now when I wake up in the morning I don't know what's happening to me
Chevrolet Deluxe, I bought her with all the accessories
Mister I can't keep those payments up
Chevrolet Deluxe you let me down took the heart right out of me
This song has never been published on any official release.
Never played in regular set.
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Studio recordings have surfaced from the THE RIVER sessions, but the song was not used for that album.
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