purple pontiac

I'm quite partial to Latin / Mexican music and this song came from mucking around with rhythms and a spanish guitar. I don't know if you could buy this sort of Pontiac in purple, but it really should have been possible...

Monday morning was a bad start for a man supposed to be lucky as I was,
but I couldn’t help it, for every thing was against me that day,
and I was rolling down that road with my troubles close behind
in a purple Pontiac with no-one on board.

And as I skidded round the corner with two wheels up in the air,
I could almost count the seconds till I took my final breath,
as I was rolling down that road with my troubles close behind
in a very apprehensive state of mind.

But then I heard you laughing at me as you ran across the road,
trying to catch up as I left the scene.

And in an instant you were there, with your high heels in your hand,
and we jumped aboard a bus to take the fast road out of town;
and we were rolling down that road with our troubles close behind
in a way that made me think I was in luck.

But then I heard you laughing at me as you slid out of the door,
leaving me on board all on my own.

And as I shuffled to the border with my wallet in my hand,
I could see you in the distance, but I didn’t understand;
I was still rolling down that road with my troubles close behind
in a purple Pontiac with on-one on board.

But then I heard you laughing at me as you ran across the road,
trying to catch up as I left the scene.

(©2001 Stewart Bowman)