The wreck of the barbie ferrari chords by John Hiatt
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Saturday night he
comes home stinking
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Sunday morning she wakes up thinking and
thinking and thinking and thinking
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Does she need to get the kids
dressed to go to church
He's pulled a shotgun
out of the lurch
Verse 2
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He heads for the tv room starts to search
His problems swollen like a river
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and his reality's shrinking
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He finds them huddled by the toy
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box and splatters 'em all
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The ken and the midge
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and the skipper doll
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They look like a family but
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they're really not at all
Verse 3
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Well he's sad but he ain't sorry
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It ain't the end of the world
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It's just the wreck of the barbie ferrari
Verse 4
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He wonders if he ever said i do
To that little blonde plastic voodoo
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And his mind's gone fishin'
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Well it started just as plain as
the nose on your face
Verse 5
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Now it's in a thousand
peices all over the place
He thought she was driving but it's
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twisted beyond recognition
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All the di apers and the tutus
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and the basketballs
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She was givin' them a lift
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to the promised mall
Verse 6
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But somewhere by the tv
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that v- 12 stalled
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As he loaded the chamber
her eyes got starry
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It ain't the end of the world
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It's just wreck of
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the Barbie Ferrari
Verse 7
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When they get home from church
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won't they be sorry
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He's cornered 'em all on his urban safari
Verse 8
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It ain't the end of the world...
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He's played with cars and
guns since he could crawl
Now he wishes he'd never met
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that doll with her face gone
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There wasn't nothing
he ever thought about
Verse 9
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He couldn't drive through or
shoot his way out
As he surveys the family
room littered with dolls
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He can't find one leg to stand on
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He aims the gun at his head now
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he's starting to cry
Verse 10
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Looking for the courage to let it fly
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Can't live without his family now
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that something has died
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He's not sure who's hurt
not sure who's sorry
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It ain't the end of the world...
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The wreck of the barbie ferrari
John hiatt
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