Mr. Reliability

                                    Mr. Reliability



If I were a brand new Volvo Circa 2010

I'd be sitting in a brand new shiny showroom, waiting to be bought

Then a Michael Schumacher lookalike would come and buy me on the spot

Cruising sedately down the highway looking at the scenery



Alas my foolish folly why could I have been so wrong

to think he would care and cherish me for years to come

My owner decided to take me on the highway that night under a starlit sky

The wind gliding by as we quickly gathered pace



70, 80, 90, 100 still the needle climbed

Instead of my heart purring it made the most incessant whine

With a bang and a shudder everything spun around

I came to rest eventually stuck in sodden ground

I know I am known as Mr Reliable and my owner is quite alright

But I wish I was in my garage with a different owner tonight.