I got a beauty in the backyard   She doesn't look like much I know   But man you should have seen her drive   A couple years ago      We had one foot in the cradle   And the other on the gas   And we would run all night   Tryin' to make each moment last      And we'd ride through the darkness   And sometimes we'd go too far   But the good times rolled away too soon   In my great big American car      Now she's on broken down condition   And she's in need of some repair   You know I sure do miss   The shine she used to wear      Well, she was all I ever wanted   And I was all she ever had   And we would carry each other   Through times both good and bad      And we'd ride through the darkness   And sometimes we'd go too far   But the good times rolled away too soon   In my great big American car   In my great big American car      I got a beauty in the backyard   Well, you can call her a dinosaur   But there's a heart still a beatin' there   And baby that's what dreams are for, that's for sure      And we'd ride through the darkness   And sometimes we'd go too far   But the good times rolled away too soon   In my great big American car   In my great big American car, hey hey hey