Old 97'sare an "alt-country" band originally based in Dallas, Texas. The group formed in 1993 and took their name from a song popularized by Johnny Cash, "Wreck of the Old '97." They describe themselves as a rock band with influences as varied as The Kinks, The Beatles, Pixies, David Bowie, Johnny Cash, and Merle Haggard. The band often performs country standards made famous by the latter two musicians, and has interspersed a number of these on their half-dozen albums over the last decade. Old 97's have been heralded as a great live band, although they claim to never rehearse their act. They included five live songs as a bonus disc on Satellite Rides, and released a live double CD set recorded at historic Gruene Hall in 2005, Alive and Wired.
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If My Heart Was A Car Lyrics

Old 97's

I remember the alamo, i don't recall who won
They had swords, they had horses, i hear we had mighty guns
Like the ones from navarone last night on channel 21
It's a long way back to el paso.

It was early monday morning in the central standard zone
You were quiet like the tv, hung up like the telephone
You were sleeping next to me, i might as well have been
Alone
It's a long way back to el paso.

Chorus
And if my heart was a car, you would have stripped it a
Long time ago.
And if my heart was a car, you would have stripped it a
Long time ago.
And if my heart was a car

You would have stripped it down and sold it off
To the greasy man in the salvage lot
As it is it's just a heart
No, no, it ain't worth nothin'.

I ain't talkin' bout tomorrow, i'm talkin' 'bout tonight
You told me you were drunk already, that don't make it
Right
You want at me, well, have at it, 'cause i'm in the mood to
Fight
And it's a long way back to el paso.

And if my heart was a car, you would have stripped it a
Long time ago.
And if my heart was a car, you would have stripped it a
Long time ago.

And if my heart was a car, you would have stripped it a
Long time ago.
And if my heart was a,
And if my heart was a,
And if my heart was a car,

(repeat chorus)