Lyrics Bad Brakes - Cat Stevens

Bad Brakes

Bad brakes whole car shakes
Looks like I’m heading for a breakdown
Black smoke engine beginning to choke
I must be heading for a breakdown
I pulled up for a mouth of Coca-Cola
Down at Samuel’s Cafe
Saw a little Spanish lady coming over
Said, «Lady are you going my way?»
She said, «O-lay with your»
«Bad brakes carburettor shakes
Looks like you’re heading for a breakdown
Black smoke engine beginning to choke
We must be heading for a breakdown»
We hit the road at 90 miles an hour
Heading for 'Frisco Bay'
She said «Senor you got cop on your shoulder»
I said «Oh now we’d better not stay
Now we got to get away with our»
«Bad brakes carburettor shakes
Looks like we’re heading for a breakdown»
He was catching up nose right inside our mirror
When the motor blowed
We climbed out and she began to shiver
«Oh, no sir, please let us go»
He said «Don't you know you got
«Bad brakes carburettor shakes
Looks like you bought yourself a breakdown
Black smoke engine beginning to choke
And you’ve got yourself a breakdown»
Bad brakes engine beginning to shake
Looks like we got ourselves a breakdown
Black smoke engine beginning to choke
We got ourselves a breakdown