I believe that the line in the refrain is actually "she's a runaround...",
but this may just be my faulty ears...
At 09:42 AM 3/24/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>I recollect some discussion awhile back about Mr. Richard Thompson's
>song, "MGB-GT" and I thought I'd pass along the lyrics. A friend just
>gave me the CD although I don't have a GT.....?
>
>I've got a little car and she might go far...
>She's the mistress of my heart now..
>She's a 65 with an overdrive,
>I fixed her in every part now,
>2 in the front, and two in the back,
>110 on the old Hog's Back,
>She's my MGB-GT she a runner now,
>I welded the sills and the old floor pan,
>Cut the rust with the torch and the hacksaw,
>Took the Rostyles off, put the spoke wheels on,
>Got a brand new Salisbury axle,
>When I drive her through town the girls all smile..They say,
>There's a man with retro-style.
>MGB-GT she's a runner now,
>Lockheed discs and twin SUs, Original chrome on the grille now,
>I sprayed her body, I strengthened her frame, I stripped her right down
>and built her up again, MGB-GT.....
>An Alpine's fine if you got the time, and a Healey'll set you back some,
>
>TR-4 cost a little bit more, but it don't have the same attraction, Hard
>top handy, case of the weather,
>I don't care if it rains forever,
>MGB-GT.
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