Ry Cooder - Flathead One More Time lyrics

Three o'clock this morning I woke up in a dream Thought I heard a flat-head motor roar thought I smelled gasoline A feeling came upon me that I ain't had in years Something like a hot dry wind whistling past my ears Sayin time time time is all you got There's a memory that's still burning way down in my mind And that's why I'm going out and try a flathead one more time I ain't seen my racing buddies in thirty years or more One by one I lost them out on the dry lake floor We liked to push those flat head cars as hard as they could go Just like old Whisky Bob down on thunder road I hear their voices calling just across the finish line And that's why I'm going out and try a flathead one more time I'll get back to you baby don't you have no fear 'Cause I been there and I wrecked that and baby I'm still here But I can't take you with me when I cross the finish line And that's why I'm going out and try a flathead one more time