Friend of mine bought an automobile   At a dollar down and a dollar a week   Every time he turned the wheel   It was a dollar down and a dollar a week      He went riding down the road   Pinched this girl upon her cheek   Speed cop took him to the judge   He got a dollar down and a dollar a week      Sixty days he laid in jail   At a dollar down and a dollar a week   Another man was a lovin' his gal   At a dollar down and a dollar a week      When he got out he shot the man   And he laid him in the graveyard six feet deep   And when he bought the graveyard spot   It was a dollar down and a dollar a week