Old Fire

Songwriter(s): Cliff Wagner

Got a '69 Detroit diesel fire a blowing from both my stacks
Got a '69 Detroit diesel fire a blowing from both my stacks
I'm headed to California, gonna bring my baby back

I can smell the desert burnin' ashes blowin' in the wind
I can smell the desert burnin' ashes blowin' in the wind
When I find my pretty baby I'm never comin' back here again

Gonna drive drive drive, driving down that lonesome road
Gonna drive drive drive, a thousand miles from my home

When I pulled up in her driveway, she met me at the door with a 45
Just pulled up in her driveway, she met me at the door with a 45
Said son you don't turn that diesel round, it's gonna burn in the desert with you right inside

Goin' ninety miles an hour diesel don't you fail me now
I'm goin' ninety miles an hour diesel don't you fail me now
Gotta reach that Nevada border, before California burns us to the ground

Gonna drive drive drive, driving down that lonesome road
Gonna drive drive drive, a thousand miles from my home

Don't the desert look lonely when the sun is comin' down
Don't the desert look lonely when the sun is comin' down
When I found my pretty baby then I turned right back around