Standard (EADGBE)

Verse

Bridge

Intro

Verse

I broke free on a Saturday morning, I put the pedal to the floor

Headed north on Mills Avenue and listened to the engine roar

My broken house behind me and good things ahead

a girl named Cathy wants a little of my time

Six cylinders underneath the hood crashing and kicking Aha listen to the engine whine

Chorus

I am going to make it through this year if it kills me

I am going to make it though this year if it kills me

Verse

I played video games in a drunken haze

I was seventeen years young

Hurt my knuckles punching the machines

the taste of scotch rich on my tongue

And then Cathy showed up and we hung out

trading swigs from a bottle all bitter and clean

locking eyes holding hands

twin high maintenance machines

Chorus

Bridge

I drove home in the California dusk,

I could feel the alcohol inside of me hum

Pictured the look on my stepfather's face

ready for the bad things to come.

Verse

I down shifted as I pulled into the driveway

the motor screaming out stuck in second gear

The scene ends badly as you might imagine

in a cavalcade of anger and fear

There will be feasting and dancing in Jerusalem next year

Chorus