Talkin Silver Cloud Blues
Ive been singing rock most all my life
I got three little boys and a sweet young wife
I feed em good cause
I make good bread thank
God for the man that said
Rockn roll is the answer son you cant beat em join em
Get your guitar get your drum get your set of iron ear drums
A thousand watt column and youre in the business son
Got my first
Cadillac in 54 since then
I had about five more
Mercedez Benz and a
Porsche too the other day
I was thinking this wouldnt do
Cause the price of a
Cadillac times two comes out to the cost of a
Rolls Royce new
But soon the
Cadillacs obsolete and the
Rolls Royce is still a running sleet
Figure four years instead of two before you gotta buy something new
Put an extra fifteen hundred in to pay for the bar and air-conditionin
You dont need no chauffer get your bartender and ride baby
So the other day
I drove down from a hill went to my bank to get me some bills
And boots and
Levis worn and tan
I ambled into the
Rolls Royce stand
Showroom four was quiet that day
I walked up to a silver grey
Silver Cloud all sleek and long standin there loose and so alone
Such a beautiful sight
I never did see sparkled and shone like a
Christmas tree
He was really something to admire
I loved in close and
I hicked the tire
Had to get some attention
I got some quickly
Well I was comin my hair down in the chrome when up steps a man in a herring bone
Said good morning son may
I help you
I said yes sir
Id like to testdrive
This new Silver
Cloud II Well he jumped back his face was sore he looked me over from my head to my toe
His face formed into a sneer he said sorry kid this car stays here
And dont you kick tose tires dont open the doors dont touch the chrome
Youre gettin dandruff on the radiator
Well I got put on for an hour or more they ushered me in the bossmans door
It wasnt long till
I came out the bossman followed up with a shout
Open the door there look alive and take this boy for a testdrive
In the silver grey
Silver Cloud the little cats loaded
Lumps in is clothes gotta look for those
How do you think
I got where
I am today hmm
Now Im driving along ole 501 listening to them big wheels hum
Gotta get home before its five take my wife and kids for a drive
Now the moral is the part thats best never judge a man by the way he is dressed
Dont you brush him off or treat him wrong
He may be the singer of rock songs dont you forget it
Whats that pounding noise whats burning
Well the temperature is up and the oil is down
Termites running around and around on my dashboard
Spots on my windshield trading time