Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Verse 1

I broke free on a Saturday morning, I put the pedal too the floor

 Headed north on Mills Avenue and listened to the engine roar

 My broken house behind me and good things ahead,

 a girl named Cathy wants a little of my time

 Six cylinders underneath the hood crashing and kicking

 aha! listen to the engine whine

Chorus

 I am going to make it through this year if it kills me

 I am going to make it though this year if it kills me

Verse 2

I played video games in a drunken haze,

I was seventeen years young

Hurt my knuckles punching the machines

the taste of scotch rich on my tongue

And then Cathy showed up and we hung out

trading swigs from a bottle all bitter and clean

locking eyes holding hands

twin high maintenance machines

Chorus

Bridge

I drove home in the California dusk,

I could feel the alcohol inside of me hum

Pictured the look on my stepfather's face,

ready for the bad things to come.

Verse 3

I down shifted as I pulled into the driveway,

the motor screaming out stuck in second gear

The scene ends badly as you might imagine

in a cavalcade of anger and fear

VERSE 3 CONT'D (this varies from the other verses)

 There will be feasting and dancing in Jerusalem next year

Chorus

Outro