Mark Knopfler - The Car Was the One lyrics

In summer sixty three I was staying alive
Hanging at the races, hoping to drive
When they were done with the
Weekend and loading the cars
I couldn't get a pass so I went to the bar

I'm up in the corner nursing a beer
Who should come laughing and joking in here
But Bobby Brown
The winner of the sports car race
With some friends and a girl, man
She lit up the place

Bobby was a wild boy, one summer
He knocked down a motel wall with a hammer
He'd do anything, one night for a bet
He raced through the cornfields in a Corvette

I thought it's got to be a
Thrill to be like that
With the beautiful girl and be
King of the track
But the truth is when all was said and done
It was his Cobra I wanted
The car was the one
It was his Cobra I wanted
The car was the one

The car was the one the car was the one