She liked the smell of gasoline Liked the smell of gasoline We were only seventeen She liked the smell of gasoline Betty was a girl I knew back in school A really funny person She was pretty cool She said that pistons pumping Really turned her on But the next thing she said Was way long gone She liked the smell of gasoline Liked the smell of gasoline We were only seventeen She liked the smell of gasoline Brother's Chevy Nova Parked in the front yard All the neighbor boys Were trying really hard To hang around with Betty
Underneath the shade tree But Betty only wanted To hang around with me She liked the smell of gasoline Liked the smell of gasoline We were only seventeen She liked the smell of gasoline So young and dumb So dumb was I Dumb not to hear What she implied If I'd known then What I know now I'd been all over that All over that and how She liked the smell of gasoline Liked the smell of gasoline We were only seventeen She liked the smell of gasoline She liked the smell of gasoline She liked the smell of gasoline