The One I Loved Back Then (The Corvette Song)

George Jones

I DROPPED OFF AT THE QUICKSACK FOR SOME BEER & CIGARETTES THIS OLD MAN TOOK MY MONEY AS HE STARED AT MY CORVETTE HE SIAD, I HAD ONE JUST LIKE HER SON, BACK IN 1963 TIL' THE MAN DOWN AT THE BANK TOOK HER FROM ME I HAD ONE THAT WAS HOTTER THAN A TWO DOLLAR PISTOL SHE WAS THE FASTEST THING AROUND LONG AND MEAN EVERY YOUNG MAN'S DREAM SHE TURNED EVERY HEAD IN TOWN SHE WAS BUILT TO HANDEL SON I'M GLAD THAT YOU WALKED IN SHE REMINDS ME OF THE ONE I LOVED BACK THEN WELL I HANDED HIM MY KEYS AND SAID, HERE TAKE HER FOR A SPIN THE OLD MAN SCRATCHED HIS HEAD, THEN HE LOOKED AT ME AND GRINNED HE SAID SON YOU JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND IT AIN'T THE CAR I WANT IT'S THE BRUNETTE IN YOUR VETTE THAT TURNS ME ON