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Junkyard Hot Rod

by Mike Mills

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You know that car you sometimes see when you’re out driving around?
The one in the driveway with a few inches of dust?
up on blocks..
looks like it’s been there a while?

That car..
That car wasn’t always that way.

lyrics

Emptied out the pocket
Of your old summer dress
Found that silver locket
Just waiting there I guess

We thought that you had lost it
Before I lost you
It kept swaying to the music
In our souped up Ford
Hanging from the rear view

There’s a broken down car in the yard
Where the flowers bloom
They’re all staring out the window
Like they’re somehow looking for you

These are the things we leave behind
A junkyard hot rod frozen in time
These are the things that stay with you
A broken heart and a trunk full of blues

Thinking about that summer
Our love was shiny and new
You’d always be the drummer
Banging on the dash to all the summer tunes

We never made it to the winter
We’d burn through the night like an August firefly
Shimmering in the darkness
Gone our separate ways before first light

There’s a broken down car in the yard
Now it’s a place where the flowers grow
They’re all staring out the window
Where you are now no one knows

These are the things we leave behind
A junkyard hot rod frozen in time
These are the things that stay with you
A broken heart and a trunk full of blues

These are the things we leave behind
I was yours and you were mine
These are the things that stay with you
A broken heart looking through the rear view

Emptied out the pocket
Of your old summer dress
Found that silver locket -
Just waiting there I guess

credits

released September 22, 2022
Mike Mills - Vocals, Guitars, Bass
Spencer G- Dobro, Backing Vocals
Jamie Nickolaus - Drums
Maggie Mills - Backing Vocals

Mixed by Kevin Kelly at The Workshoppe East in Huntington NY
Mastered by Mike Kalajian at Rogue Planet Mastering

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Mike Mills Huntington, New York

Mike Mills is a singer songwriter and guitar player based in Huntington NY.

Mike’s new album
Leather and Rain is a collection of songs of love and loss, hope and redemption; stories of runaway brides, hurricanes and a junkyard hot rod, each told with heartfelt, compelling vocals and the sound of guitars and drums steeped in American roots.
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