Dave Alvin - Nine Volt Heart lyrics

Dave Alvin/Rod Hodges (Blue Horn Toad Music, BMI/Blowout Music, ASCAP) His mama said "Baby, wait for me in the car," And she went lookin' for his daddy inside a bar So he sat and let the radio take him far away Listenin' to XPRS and KRLA. Plastic silver nine-volt heart You click it on and let the music start And the radio was his toy The radio was his toy. Well Rachel was twenty and he was seventeen years old Sittin' in a parked car on a country road Runnin' his fingers through her long black hair And the Staples singin' "Baby, I'll take you there." Plastic silver nine volt heart You click it on and let the music start And the radio was his toy The radio was his toy. Doin' the dishes long after midnight Talkin' about the evenin' news with his wife The baby wakes up and starts to cry So they turn the radio on for his lullaby. Plastic silver nine volt heart You click it on and let the music start Plastic silver nine volt heart You click it on and let the music start And the radio was his toy The radio was his toy. Plastic silver nine volt heart Plastic silver nine volt heart You click it on and let the music start.