Well, I got it from a blue rinse out in the sticks,
She only drove it once a week, there and back to church,
There was nothing broken, so I didn't get fixed,
I had to use it every night for anatomical resarch...
Well, I didn't tell my mother, I couldn't tell my dad,
So I hid it in a garage at me best friend's place,
One day they saw me in it and they both went mad,
They said I wouldn't know the truth if it stared me in the face...
Secondhand Car, Secondhand Car,
Secondhand Car, Secondhand Car...
Well, things got worse so I ran away from home,
Said I'd rather die than live like that,
Well, I drove all night, when the sun hi the chrome,
I went looking for a job and a one room flat...
Secondhand Car, Secondhand Car,
Secondhand Car, Secondhand Car...
I tried filling shelves and sweeping floors,
Cleaning out a builder's yoad,
I tried selling insurance door to door,
I never knew work so hard,
As payday crept around each week, my spirits slowly sank,
When I paid my rent and the parking fines,
I could only half fill the tank...
So they cought me one night with my hand in the till,
I got a month in jail and a three figure fine,
Well I couldn't stop then and I know I never will,
As long as steel and ail make an engine whine...
So, now I'm driving the back roads thorugh the day,
I only ever stop in the smaller towns,
Try anything once if I can make it pay,
Better moving than broken down...
I've been sleeping in the back with a brand new friend,
She knows my first name and that's too much,
Gonna leave her by the road around this bend,
Some things are better than a human touch...
Don't blame it on the teachers that I never heard,
Don't blame a mother's love that was never real,
Don't blame it on a life that just got blurred,
Blaime it on these for wheels...
Secondhand Car, Secondhand Car,
Secondhand Car, Secondhand Car...